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...psychologist in Washington, D.C., doubts that therapists of his age (44) can entirely overcome the effects of their rearing in a male-oriented society. "My generation won't make it," he admits. All the same, alerted by his wife, daughters and patients to minor signs of his own bias (habitual use of the pronoun he instead of she, for instance), Zimmerman reports that he has brought about some "moderately profound changes" in himself...
...Bias. In fact, says Boston Psychoanalyst Helen Tartakoff, most reputable psychiatrists measure the emotional strength of men and women by a single standard. She adds: "I have never been therapeutically successful with a woman patient unless she became capable of developing her talents and interests outside her marriage and family. I don't think she is a really mature person until she can do this." Jane Thayer, a Washington, D.C., clinical psychologist, believes that male therapists promote the maturing process by actively encouraging "a get up and stand on your own two feet" attitude in female patients and refusing...
...over slavery that preceded the Civil War were staged in the Senate rather than the House, which was fragmented over the issue. Yet even Abraham Lincoln, who emancipated slaves by fiat, sometimes deferred to Capitol Hill. Said he: "Congress should originate, as well as perfect, its measures without external bias...
...these Agnew-like barks, Whitehead revealed that the Administration will submit a bill to Congress that would dump responsibility for alleged network transgressions directly on the nation's nearly 600 network-affiliated local stations. "Station managers and network officials who fail to act to correct imbalance or consistent bias from the networks-or who acquiesce by silence-can only be considered willing participants," said Whitehead, "to be held fully accountable by the broadcaster's community at license-renewal time...
...Jews and Judaism in dealing with such crucial issues as the Jewish religion, the Jews' rejection of Jesus as the Messiah [and] their role in the crucifixion." The study, published jointly by the National Conference of Christians and Jews and the American Jewish Committee, found the most extreme bias in such conservative denominations as the Church of the Nazarene and the Assemblies of God. One of the Assemblies' texts explains the persecution of Jews throughout history as "the price Jews paid for their rejection of Christ." Traces of bias were also found in such mainstream denominations...