Word: genderism
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...Students have launched their own efforts to bridge the gender...
...According to Iversen, another possible explanation for the gender gap is “statistical discrimination.” Employee training can be an expensive endeavor, and companies are fearful that female workers will take leaves of absence for maternity and child-rearing after the training process is over. That might make companies more wary of hiring women. “Controlling for career choices, I believe most of the gender difference in pay is due to statistical discrimination,” Iversen wrote in an e-mail...
...labor markets work, combined with inequality in family responsibilities, it is probably unrealistic to expect Harvard to have a big impact,” according to Iversen. But he added that Harvard “has a responsibility to educate about the underlying causes of gender inequality, which in turn may affect public policies...
...Will efforts like this one encourage more women to enter the investment world, narrowing the gender gap in the long run? As Britt says, “only time will tell...
...health at Harvard, says the College’s mental health chief, Paul J. Barreira. “There’s a discrepancy between behavior and perception,” says Barreira, adding that students often mistakenly believe that mental illness is abnormal. The poll also reveals a gender gap in mental health matters. Exactly one-third of men sought mental health help while at Harvard, compared to 43 percent of women. But that gap does not necessarily mean that women are more likely to suffer from mental illness, according to Barreira. Rather, it may be that women...