Gender bias is behavior that shows favoritism towards one
gender over another. The gender bias is often in favor of men and boys over
girls and women. Women and girls are expected to demonstrate feminine behavior and boys and men are expected to act masculine.
The term gender bias is used interchangeably with the term sexism.
Sexism is defined as the subordination of one sex usually female based on the
assumed superiority of the other sex or an ideology that defines females as different
from and inferior to males. Sex is the basis for the prejudice and presumed
inferiority implicit in the term sexism.
The term gender bias is more inclusive than the term sexism
as it includes both prejudice and discrimination in its definition. Studies of
gender bias also focus on gender rather than on sex.Furthermore the term gender
bias could include instances of bias against boys and men in addition to bias
against girls and women.
No comments:
Post a Comment