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Comment on Conscious Pride or Unconscious Prejudice: Do You Have an Attitude? by Weekly Whims | Gender Discrimination in the Workplace: It’s Not What you Think

Weekly Whims | Gender Discrimination in the Workplace: It’s Not What you Think — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:38:05 +0000

[...] that manifest themselves in the way we treat individuals. You can measure your own biases using the Implicit Association Test discussed in last week’s column. We should all be wary of prejudice (in the sence of [...]

Comment on Gender Discrimination in the Workplace: It’s Not What you Think by Weekly Whims | The World’s Children and Gender Equality

Weekly Whims | The World’s Children and Gender Equality — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:57:42 +0000

[...] to do so. I feel cheated and guilty. I care about the world’s children and unwarranted gender discrimination, but the ambiguity apparent in the purpose of the report has left me unwilling to invest the time [...]

Comment on Conscious Pride or Unconscious Prejudice: Do You Have an Attitude? by Weekly Whims | The Seeds of Racial Discrimination: When are they Planted?

Weekly Whims | The Seeds of Racial Discrimination: When are they Planted? — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:02:33 +0000

[...] 21st Century That racial discrimination still exists is not in question. Whether we like it or not, we are prejudiced. This is highlighted by the Implicit Association Tests discussed in a previous column. Sad but [...]

Comment on Are Men More Equal Than Women? The Truth About The Earnings Gap by Weekly Whims | The World’s Children and Gender Equality

Weekly Whims | The World’s Children and Gender Equality — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:56:59 +0000

[...] children, the actual agenda seems to be about reinforcing clichéd feminist beliefs concerning the unequal treatment of men and women in just about every facet of life. The focus is shifted again and again from the welfare of [...]

Comment on Career Moms: Do They Have Their Cake and Eat it, too? by Weekly Whims | Gender Discrimination in the Workplace: It’s Not What you Think

Weekly Whims | Gender Discrimination in the Workplace: It’s Not What you Think — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:52:37 +0000

[...] Natural Selection in Career Choice It seems reasonable to suppose that men and women with “systemizing” tendencies have more desire to enter, and innate skills to succeed in, the fields of science and technology. Prof. Simon Baron-Cohen’s studies indicate that 53% of men have systemizing brains compared to 17% of women. This means that we could expect one out of every four systemizing (vis-à-vis science and technology) jobs to be filled by a woman. It looks as if academia has got it right–but there’s no unfair gender discrimination. That women are promoted more slowly and receive fewer honors is no surprise. More women than men choose to take time out for family and children over careers. Like it or not, this IS going to affect career prospects for women. [...]

Comment on Are Men More Equal Than Women? The Truth About The Earnings Gap by Weekly Whims | Conscious Pride or Unconscious Prejudice: Do You Have an Attitude?

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:46:55 +0000

[...] Bias and Career Progression Modern morals and legislation demand that we treat everyone equally in our personal and working lives. Most employers would argue [...]

Comment on Sometimes it’s Hard to be an…Empathizer by Weekly Whims | Who Wears the Trousers?

Weekly Whims | Who Wears the Trousers? — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:30:00 +0000

[...] the male and the female psyche? An Alternative to the EQ SQ Tests? Could it be that, as with male versus female biases relating to work and leisure activities, we are actually seeing an empathizing versus systemizing split in the trouser-wearing debate? Has [...]

Comment on Are Men More Equal Than Women? The Truth About The Earnings Gap by Weekly Whims | Is Your Wardrobe Gender Stereotyped?

Weekly Whims | Is Your Wardrobe Gender Stereotyped? — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 19:17:29 +0000

[...] on male babies to protect them. In classic gender stereotyping that occurs to this day (see Are Men More Equal than Women? The Truth about the Earnings Gap) female babies were considered inferior and so were not protected like [...]

Comment on Never Mind Fairer; Which Sex is the Cleverer Sex? by Weekly Whims | The Male Versus Female Online Experience

Weekly Whims | The Male Versus Female Online Experience — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:29:10 +0000

[...] women are the communicators and men are the technophiles. Equality on The Internet As we saw with higher education, it seems historial opportunities and aspirations influence womens’ use of the Internet. [...]