gender bias
Men exaggerate their performance at work while women underplay theirs: study
Despite the fact that men and women performed just as well as each other on the test, women on average reported their performance as being 15 points lower on the...
Female engineer sues Google for sex-discrimination
A former Wall Street executive jumped ship to Google only to be stiffed out of hundreds of thousands of dollars after the search engine giant passed her over for promotion...
Couple hiding baby's gender to protect child from 'unconscious bias'
A UK couple says they're not revealing their child's gender to friends and family to protect the child from "unconscious bias." Hobbit Humphrey, 38, and Jake England-Johns, 35, said they're...
Hedgie claims misogyny accusations made him 'unemployable'
The ex-president accused of fostering a misogynistic boys’ club at Steven Cohen’s Point72 hedge fund filed a defamation lawsuit Wednesday against the worker who sued him and the company. Douglas...
New York bill aims to stop gender discrimination in product prices
ALBANY, N.Y. — Legislation that has passed the New York state Assembly would prohibit companies from charging different prices for similar products marketed to either men and women. The measure,...
AI assistants like Siri and Alexa spread sexism, UN study reveals
Voice-activated personal assistants like Amazon's Alexa and Apple's Siri are reinforcing and spreading sexism, according to a recent United Nations study. The feminine-voiced AI helpers, which also include Google Assistant...
Many men think the gender pay gap is fake news: poll
The gender pay gap has its own holiday — but many men think it's just a conspiracy theory. Equal Pay Day, aka April 2, has been a nationally recognized "day"...
Half of world's largest companies receive 'F' on gender pay scorecard
Half of the world’s largest companies fail when it comes to paying women equally to men, a new report says. The report, released Monday, ranked 46 of the world’s largest...
Vice pays nearly $2M to settle gender pay disparity lawsuit
Vice Media ponied up $1.87 million to settle a class-action lawsuit claiming the company underpaid its women workers. The settlement, which was submitted Monday to a Los Angeles Superior Court...
SPLC president stepping down amid misconduct allegations
The president of the Southern Poverty Law Center announced on Friday that he’ll be stepping down, just a week after the co-founder of the civil rights group was ousted for...
Southern Poverty Law Center co-founder fired amid gender, race-complaints
The Southern Poverty Law Center has pushed out one of their co-founders amid reports the watchdog group has been grappling with gender and race complaints within the organization. Morris Dees...
A 2.6 percent gender pay gap can cost a woman $500,000
The new study by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine proves that women can miss out on huge six figure amounts in retirement even with small pay disparities over their...
Grown-ups take little girls’ pain less seriously, Yale study says
Gender biases are hurting women, both mentally and physically. A Yale University study published in the Journal of Pediatric Psychology earlier this month found that American adults tend to take...
Women, girls less likely to be considered for 'high IQ' tasks
Women and girls are still being seen as intellectually inferior to men, according to a new study. Researchers at New York University conducted a series of experiments that showed female...
Gender bias even shows up on your tax forms
It’s basic manners abiding by a “ladies first” policy... but new research shows that that is rarely, if ever, the actual case. A new study found that the reality of...
Research shows surprising effects of attending elite schools
We’re in the midst of college application season — a time when well-meaning parents and guidance counselors try to mitigate ambitious high school seniors’ stress by reminding them that an...
Google blocks gender pronouns from new AI so it won't be sexist
SAN FRANCISCO -- Google in May introduced a slick feature for Gmail that automatically completes sentences for users as they type. Tap out “I love” and Gmail might propose “you”...
8-year-old gets Kellogg's to change sexist cereal packaging
Sometimes it takes a kid to see things clearly. For 8-year-old Daliah Lee, the picture on the back of the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain cereal box just wasn't right. There were only...
Traditionally feminine leadership traits seen as 'nice' but unnecessary
Patience and tolerance are just bells and whistles, new research suggests. Stereotypically feminine leadership traits like niceness, kindness and sensitivity to others’ needs are viewed as unnecessary “add-ons,” according to...
Hotel pulls ad after backlash over portrayal of stereotypes
At first glance, this photo from Australia looks innocent enough — a young couple relaxing in a hotel bed, both reading over breakfast in their fluffy white robes. He’s reading...