Andrea Morris summarizes recently completed research on gender bias, the progress to reduce it and implicit biases, regardless of gender. It is timely. Sociologist Shelley Correll discusses the stalled gender revolution and how women can overcome bias at work.
Deeply embedded systemic bias influences our thinking in such subtle and profound ways that we may unwittingly discriminate against the social progress of even our own group.
Source: Forbes, June 26, 2020. Link. Survey results confirm that unacknowledged implicit bias is a key driver of gender pay disparity even in fields that hire more women.
Study Takeaways
- Unfair wage gaps don’t go away because you hire more women.
- Women are less likely than men to deny the existence of gender bias . . . Implicit bias isn’t necessarily about discriminating against a different group.
- A critical component to overcoming implicit gender bias is awareness: acknowledging and accepting that gender bias still exists.