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gender bias n. unequal treatment in employment opportunity (such as promotion, pay, benefits and privileges), and expectations due to attitudes based on the sex of an employee or group of employees. Gender bias can be a legitimate basis for a lawsuit under anti-discrimination statutes. gender bias noun gender prejudice, one-sidedness, partiality, partisanship, prejudice, sexual discrimination, unequal treatment, unfair treatment, unfairness, unlawful treatment of a protected class Associated concepts: employment law How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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At times the author's sexism is revealed by offering lush rather moving descriptions of the women, down to the thickness of their calves, while offering little attention to the menfolk. Still, civil-rights groups called for Bamattre -- who is set to retire in February 2008 -- to resign because he has failed to root out racism, sexism and retaliation in the department despite having been brought in as a reformer 11 years ago. A bit of everything gets covered here, from dialogues on misogyny and sexism among the "revolutionary activist" hip-hop set ("Melt By Your Mouth") to the consequence of militarily and religiously influenced closets (the scathing traditional cover "Iko Iko Phalastini"). |
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