Gender Microinequities
Despite laws, regulations, and policies promoting gender equity, and some progress in education and employment settings, gender discrimination continues. Much gender bias is subtle, covert, and usually not legally actionable, despite being very common. This entry examines seemingly small, unfair, de...
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| author | Rowe, Mary P. Giraldo-Kerr, Anna |
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| description | Despite laws, regulations, and policies promoting gender equity, and some progress in education and employment settings, gender discrimination continues. Much gender bias is subtle, covert, and usually not legally actionable, despite being very common. This entry examines seemingly small, unfair, demeaning, and discriminatory behaviors and events—microinequities and microaggressions—and their impact on women and men. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1574422024-10-29T03:34:27Z Gender Microinequities Rowe, Mary P. Giraldo-Kerr, Anna microinequities, microaffirmations, microaggressions, sexism, unconsious bias, gender bias, gender discrimination racism Despite laws, regulations, and policies promoting gender equity, and some progress in education and employment settings, gender discrimination continues. Much gender bias is subtle, covert, and usually not legally actionable, despite being very common. This entry examines seemingly small, unfair, demeaning, and discriminatory behaviors and events—microinequities and microaggressions—and their impact on women and men. 2024-10-28T22:59:13Z 2024-10-28T22:59:13Z 2017-07 Book chapter https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/157442 Mary P. Rowe and Anna Giraldo-Kerr, "Gender Microinequities," in The SAGE Encyclopedia of Psychology and Gender, Vol. 4, ed. Kevin L. Nadal (Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2017), 679-682. en_US application/pdf SAGE Publications |
| spellingShingle | microinequities, microaffirmations, microaggressions, sexism, unconsious bias, gender bias, gender discrimination racism Rowe, Mary P. Giraldo-Kerr, Anna Gender Microinequities |
| title | Gender Microinequities |
| title_full | Gender Microinequities |
| title_fullStr | Gender Microinequities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender Microinequities |
| title_short | Gender Microinequities |
| title_sort | gender microinequities |
| topic | microinequities, microaffirmations, microaggressions, sexism, unconsious bias, gender bias, gender discrimination racism |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/157442 |
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