Word: foley
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...What is all of this saying to the female applicant? It's saying you're not supposed to be applying," said Foley...
...complaint, Foley said she thinks the hiring process is biased at several levels...
...Male names are used throughout as are male referent pronouns for persons of agency," said Foley. "Women are rendered completely invisible...except in the single case of one female, who is mugging victim...
Also, application forms asking for information such as the name of the candidate's wife discourage women from applying, and requests for marital status and family life violate Massachusetts state laws and are biased against women, Foley said in her complaint...
...Foley also charged that the four-person, all-male Oral Review Board interview did not use objective standards to evaluate the candidates and were not pre-tested on their attitudes towards women officers...