Word: genderism
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...Internet is a tool that is especially appealing to many people because it's the great equalizer, making age, gender and appearance irrelevant. Betty Kamen, 72, says many seniors like the Web for that reason. "No one knows that it may have taken you longer to type an answer," says Kamen, a nutrition writer. "If there are minor disabilities, no one knows about...
...follow politics, and the local news media barely cover it--so hiring hot consultants and buying maximum TV time is all that counts. It seemed the primary would be a shootout between Harman, an astute but little-known politician whose campaign is based on equal parts of gender (57% of California Democrats are women) and wealth (her husband, audio-component magnate Sidney Harman, has given millions to her cause), and Checchi, a leveraged-buyout wizard who has already spent $30 million on the primary, a record for a statewide campaign. Checchi's commercials have been blitzing viewers since November...
...better schools (the hot topic this year), more jobs, less crime and "digital" leadership based on "horizontal" decision-making. Harman is sharper than that, but hasn't often proved it. At a women's political caucus in Concord last month, her appeal was so generic and gender-based--breast-cancer research, abortion rights, child care, and her signature wrap-up line, "May the best woman win"--that some in the audience were left shaking their heads. "She was asking for my vote because we're both female," said Ginny Perez, a plumber who was taking a cigarette break after...
Some female graduate students and Faculty members report experiencing subtle gender bias from their male colleagues...
Others say students often unintentionally reveal gender bias...