Biases in the life of women

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Biases In The Life Of Women
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Sports

• What happened to girls who pursued sports as
  their career?
• Indian womens cricket team skipper Mithali Raj
  feels they should not be compared to their male
  counterparts and laments the lack of recognition
  despite representing a country where the sport
  reigns supreme.
• The veteran player Mithali Raj came up with a
  snappy response when asked who her favourite
  mens cricketer was between India and Pakistan.
• Do you ask the same question to a male
  cricketer? Do you ask them who their favourite
  female cricketer is? she said to the scribe in
  question. I have always been asked whos your
  favourite cricketer but you should ask them who
  their favourite female cricketer is.
• So what are the reasons for such discrimination,
  one wonders. As one of the leading newspapers
  recently claimed, Sports is ultimately about the
  human body, which is why it is a remarkable
  barometer of the physical differences between men
  and women and the social perceptions about these
  differences.

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Acting
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Education
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The hard facts
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The Glass Elevator effect
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Common Gender biases at work that women face

• It starts right from hiring Are you married?
  When do you plan to start your family? With the
  intention to know if the person will go on
  maternity leave immediately or not.
• Lower appraisal rating for a lady on maternity
  leave as compared to another peer who has
  performed for 12 months
• Since your husband also earns you may not be
  desperate for that hike.
• You have the luxury of leaving early from work.
• If women leaves her job to start her own venture,
  it is considered as a time pass activity.
• Wrongly assuming that if the lady is pregnant or
  is a young mother, she will not be able to handle
  that promotion and the new role.

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The way forward

• Work-life balance in todays context is
  especially important for married women with
  children. Even though technology has facilitated
  telecommuting and the ability to stay connected
  irrespective of someones location, concrete
  steps to better work-life policies are still
  under-developed. However, to shape and mould an
  equal hierarchical structure, its important to
  change mind-sets of individuals within
  organizations.
• The leaders of corporate India, especially the
  large number of men that find themselves in their
  position, must take steps to address this
  inequality. Mechanisms must be promoted to
  address patriarchal biases and policies must be
  established to abolish gender inequalities in the
  workplace. Most importantly, a free space for
  dialogue should be created where employees can
  speak about discriminations they face while
  working in an organization.