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    are often worse paid than men with few rights, which is one of many examples of gender bias. Gender bias is the unequal treatment between men and women in the employment area, based on their gender expectations. It turns out gender bias exists especially in the workplace. According to TechRepublic, unequal pay, diminished responsibilities, and positional bias are emphasized for women working.1 These examples of gender bias go back all the way to before when women’s rights were fought for. Women then

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    and gender and more specifically, gender bias in our culture. I think that this topic is quite interesting and especially relevant in the current times we live in. With women demanding more rights and recognition than ever before, I think that this topic is appropriate to talk about. English is a language that has always had issues with gender equality both in written and spoken form. For example, in old English, many would use the words he or his to refer to anyone regardless of their gender. According

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    Introduction When hiring at a workplace, such as a hospital, gender should not be a discriminate when determining who is suitable for the position. When we look at labor and delivery floors and maternity nursing, we see that there are more female nurses employed than male. Due to the fact that more female nurses work on labor and delivery than males, we are looking further to find out if there are any specific reasons or any gender bias contributing to this. EBP Presentation Topic Nursing, unlike

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    expressing the bias ways in music and the effects on society. In my paper, I will discuss how Little Richard was a victim of bias and how women and men were calling each other of their name. This crisis of bias in music have made society forget the reason behind music. Also, gender bias took a toll on hip-hop and this was a big problem. Another thing I talked about is my opinion on things because I am a fan of music. I feel as though music has changed for the worst not just because of gender bias but the

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    In the blog post Gender Bias in the Toy Aisles, the author discusses the issue of big-box stores’ gender gap in the toys they market to children, and the difficulty she encounters when trying to find toys for her sons that do not enforce gender bias. Her main point emphasizes the gender gap by pointing to the stylistic choices made by toy companies – girls’ toys are laden with pink and incite feelings of innocence, while boys’ toys are highly ruggedized, typically bearing camouflage or other male

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    women allowed” sign appeared in the library, a place frequently visited by all genders. Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee gives many examples of gender bias. This book takes place in the 1930’s when women are seen as elegant, composed ladies, staying home and taking care of children. Few dare to challenge this concept. Those who disregard these notions face much scorn and opposition. The theme of gender bias presents itself numerous times in the book, in Jem accusing Scout of becoming more

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    situations within everyday communication or interaction that forces an individual no matter their gender or gender identification to take part in, pressured into, or ridiculed for not participating in so called “gender norms”. Gender norms are those socially constructed guidelines which supposedly define a gender or in some cases even someones sexuality. For example, when we are young a social stereotype and gender norm is that little girls think little boys or stinky, smelly, dumb, while little boys talk

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    Gender Biases in Education: Math Nicole S. Tester Bryant University Abstract This research project conducted was to find out whether women were more affected by gender based expectations than men. This was done by giving both young men and young women a simple standardized math test which most likely they had all been taught and exposed to in the past. This particular test was designed to be at or below the performance level of most college students. There was two versions

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    Gender Bias in the Workplace: Its Origin, Cases and Solutions Gender bias has long been an issue in the workplace. For decades women have suffered not only a pay gap but also an authority gap. In my paper I will outline how gender bias has taken shape within the workplace and its components. It is key that we not only study the components of the gender gap but also examine how they took root. One would think that gender bias would have subsided considerably but this is not the case. Over the decades

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    Gender Role Bias in Advertising Gender role bias in advertisements has been so prevalent for so long that the untrained eye wouldn't even discern it. All the same, these biases, for the most part, put women in subordinate positions and men in dominant ones. This assumption on both the genders is unfair and demeaning. These ads portray women as subservient and play toys for men. Not only do the models depict an image nowhere near close to reality, but their bodies are scantily clad and what few

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