Andy wrote:

Gonzo: All that phrase does is shut down the argument.

Also Gonzo: If you disagree with me it’s because you’re ignorant and haven’t read the right papers and there’s no point in arguing with me.

Massive fucking eye roll.

Tempy wrote:

If you don't critically examine it, yeah

cockbeard wrote:

Nothing wrong with having bias, everyone has them, just a matter of recognising that they exist, deb=nying them is often what leads to folk being numpties

GooberTheHat wrote:

Being conscious of them, and trying to make sure to minimise their impact on your decision making process, is important.

A new UN report has found at least 90% of men and women hold some sort of bias against females.

The "Gender Social Norms" index analysed biases in areas such as politics and education in 75 countries.

Globally, close to 50% of men said they had more right to a job than women. Almost a third of respondents thought it was acceptable for men to hit their partners.

There are no countries in the world with gender equality, the study found.

Zimbabwe had the highest amount of bias with only 0.27% of people reporting no gender bias at all. At the other end of the scale was Andorra where 72% of people reported no bias.

In Zimbabwe, 96% of people said violence against women was acceptable and the same proportion did not support reproductive rights. In the Philippines, 91% of people held these views.

Reform and repression go hand in hand in Saudi Arabia
The women who dream of power-sharing

Women in political roles

According to the report, about half of the world's men and women feel that men make better political leaders.

In China, 55% of people thought men were better suited to be political leaders.

Around 39% of people in the US, which is yet to have a female president, thought men made better leaders.

However in New Zealand, a country that currently has a female leader, only 27% of people thought that.
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Image caption In New Zealand, a country which has a female leader, 27% of people think men would be better leaders than women

The number of female heads of government is lower today than five years ago with only 10 women in such positions in 193 countries, down from 15 in 2014.

However when it comes to seats in parliament, there is a slightly higher percentage of women in these roles.

Latin America and the Caribbean had the highest share of seats in parliament held by women with 31%. South Asian countries had the lowest percentage at just 17%.
Share of seats in parliament held by women
Region Percentage
Arab States 18.3
East Asia & Pacific 20.3
Europe & Central Asia 21.2
Latin America & the Caribbean 31
South Asia 17.1
Sub-Saharan Africa 23.5
Source: United Nations Development Programme

Pedro Conceição, head of UNDP's Human Development Report Office said: "We have come a long way in recent decades to ensure that women have the same access to life's basic needs as men.

"But gender gaps are still all too obvious in other areas, particularly those that challenge power relations and are most influential in actually achieving true equality. Today. the fight about gender equality is a story of bias and prejudices."
Women in the labour market

Women are paid less than men and are much less likely to be in senior positions. Globally, 40% of people thought men made better business executives.

In the UK, 25% of people thought men should have more right to a job than women and said men made better business executives than women did. In India that figure was 69%.

Raquel Lagunas, UNDP gender team acting director said: "We must act now to break through the barrier of bias and prejudices if we want to see progress at the speed and scale needed to achieve gender equality."

JonB wrote:

RedDave2 wrote:

If you don't critically examine it, yeah

 

Nothing wrong with having bias, everyone has them, just a matter of recognising that they exist, deb=nying them is often what leads to folk being numpties

Being conscious of them, and trying to make sure to minimise their impact on your decision making process, is important.

Of course, to all of the above. But people would have them. And there's nothing wrong with them if they have come from personal experience and aren't treated as absolute Like I could say that generally from my experience and that of two female head chefs I know that Eastern European Male Chefs can be a bit overly macho in a kitchen and can have issues with a higher level female chef in charge of them based on several examples. That's a bias from experience, I wouldn't use it as a reason not to promote  female chef in a kitchen with many eastern European male chefs nor would one of those head chefs use it a reason not to hire someone for their kitchens BUT it would be something all three of us would be aware of and keep an eye on in certain situations.

I don't think that's quite the point here.

Globally, close to 50% of men said they had more right to a job than women. Almost a third of respondents thought it was acceptable for men to hit their partners.