Gender Bias Is Real
Let’s get serious for a moment. Gender bias is, sadly, a very real thing with troubling consequences. In a landmark study by Yale University in 2012, researchers examined whether gender bias played a role in hiring people in the field of science. Scientists were given job applications that were randomly given a male or female name. The study found that the male applicants were much preferred and were rated higher in terms of competence and hire-ability than the females, even though they had identical resumes! Scary. Males were then offered higher salaries to accompany the perceived notion that they were more competent. Interestingly, both males and females both committed gender bias. So, there’s that…