Word: genderism
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Addressing those concerns, the task force recommended the University establish more formal mentoring and advising programs for female students interested in the sciences. And they proposed requiring all doctoral students in the sciences to take a training course for teaching fellows “that includes a component of gender bias...
...Female undergraduate students continue to report and express concerns about gender bias of teaching fellows in science courses,” the task force reported. “Although the bias is described as subtle, and almost always unintended, it decreases confidence and discourages women students from pursuing more advanced study in science...
...presidential vote scheduled for June 17. "The Commander of Construction," as supporters call him because his policies kick-started the devastated Iranian economy after the Iran-Iraq war, ended months of speculation by publishing a manifesto; it promises to rein in extremism within the country, attract international confidence, support gender equality and spur economic growth. The wily Rafsanjani, 70, is seen as a consensus builder, giving him an advantage over other top candidates such as former police chief Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf, from the neo-conservative camp, and former Minister of Science and reformist candidate Mostafa Moin. "He's the only...
Producer Anne T. Hilby ’05 finds that “audiences have reacted much more strongly to the hacker’s sexually explicit language when coming from a female rather than a male.” She adds, “This reflects the gender bias and assumptions that Gustavo, the director, has raised in the show...
...entire basis behind these ideas is fallacious. Just look at the actual gender breakdown in the concentrations. In the graduating class of ’02, men only outnumbered women in the natural sciences 61 percent to 39 percent. (2001-02 is the most recent year for which I have comprehensive data.) By way of comparison, men outnumbered women 64 percent to 36 percent in economics and government, the two largest concentrations, while women were 65 percent of psychology undergraduates, the third largest concentration...