When “decoy effect” meets gender bias: The role of choice set composition in hiring decisions

The role of gender in the interaction between citizens and public sector employees attracts increasing attention. Notably, gender effects have been described in performance evaluations across different contexts. With respect to student evaluations of teaching, a series of observational studies as well as experimental studies have found that women are evaluated lower than men. In this paper, we conduct two experiments in Denmark to test whether a similar gender bias is present in a national context that is generally considered among the most gender equal. Study 1 investigates differences in the evaluation of two similar presentations by teachers reported to be either male or female. Study 2 focuses on the evaluation of teaching material prepared by men and women respectively. The two studies arrive at similar conclusions: There is no gender bias in favor of men in the evaluations made by students. The paper discusses the implications of these findings.

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DEVELOPING CONTEXTUAL LESSON PLANNING TO ENGAGE STUDENTS’ UNDERSTANDING IN THE ROLE OF GENDER IN LANGUAGE USED IN DAILY LIFE

JURNAL REFORMA ◽

10.30736/rfma.v2i1.2 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Tiara Retno Haryani

Keyword(s):

University Students ◽

Gender Bias ◽

Social Life ◽

Daily Life ◽

Lesson Planning ◽

Second Step ◽

Advanced Learners ◽

Know How ◽

And Gender

Language is not only simply a means of communicating information, but also means of establishing and maintaining relationship with other people (Trudgil, 2000). In social life, the first thing that you will notice is the gender of the person we met. It is a fundamental and obvious thing before we can have an interaction or communication with somebody else. The objective of the activity is to direct the students in understanding the role of gender in language for daily life more deeply. The students are expected to be able analyze the language phenomena in their daily life. The activity is started by explaining the materials to the students about gender role, gender bias, and gender dialect used. The second step is that grouping the students and asks them to discuss about the phenomena of gender in language used in their society so that they know how the characteristic of each gender in their society. The last step is discussing the results together in class. This activity is probably appropriate for the advanced learners, such as university students. It can gain the students’ knowledge and raising the students’ confident in stating their opinion in discussion. Keywords: contextual, lesson planning, role of gender

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PERSEPSI PEMUKA AGAMA TERHADAP BIAS GENDER DITINJAU DARI LATAR BELAKANG SUKU

Journal of Contemporary Islam and Muslim Societies ◽

10.30821/jcims.v1i1.321 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Dahlia Lubis

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Group ◽

Gender Equality ◽

Gender Studies ◽

Gender Bias ◽

Gender Inequality ◽

Field Studies ◽

Research Data ◽

Religious Leaders ◽

Muslim Community

Abstrak: keberadaan berbagai kajian dan literatur tentang gender tidak serta merta merubah pandangan masyarakat tentang keadilan gender. Sebab, kajian gender tetapi memiliki pendukung dan penentang. Ada pendapat bahwa kajian gender berupaya merubah ajaran agama itu sendiri. Dalam kajian gender selama ini, ditemukan banyak pihak yang ikut berkontribusi bagi muncul dan berkembangnya paham yang bias gender dalam masyarakat Muslim, khususnya di Indonesia. Di antara pihak yang bertanggungjawab terhadap kelestarian paham yang diskriminatif terhadap perempuan adalah para pemuka agama yang diwakili oleh para ustaz dan ustazah dimana mereka memainkan peran sebagai penyampai ajaran agama kepada masyarakat Muslim. Artikel ini mengkaji pandangan para ustaz dan ustazah terhadap ketidakadilan gender yang dilihat dari latar belakang suku masing-masing, sehingga akan terungkap perihal adakah kaitan antara latar belakang suku seorang ustaz dan ustazah terhadap persepsi mereka tentang ketidakadilan gender. Didasari oleh studi lapangan, dimana data penelitian diperoleh dari angket dan wawancara, kajian ini menemukan bahwa masih ditemukannya pemahaman bias gender dalam persepsi ustaz dan ustazah di kota Medan. Kajian ini diharapkan dapat memberikan kontribusi bagi kajian gender di Indonesia. Kata Kunci: ustaz, ustazah, ketidakadilan, gender, suku Abstract: The Perception of Islamic Preachers about Gender Bias Reviewed From Ethnic Group Backgrounds. The existence of various studies and literature on gender does not automatically change the society's opinion about gender equality. As such, supporters and opponents of the idea are readily found. One opinion goes as far as saying that gender studies try to alter the teachings of religion itself. In the gender studies has been found that many contributed to the emergence and development of gender biased ideology in Muslim societies, especially in Indonesia. Among those responsible to discriminatory preservation of women are religious leaders who are represented by ustaz and ustazah where they play the role of religious teachings to the Muslim community. This article examines the opinions of ustaz and ustazah on gender inequality realized from the background of each ethnic group, so it will be revealed about whether there is a link between ethnic background of an ustaz and ustazah to their perception of gender injustice. Based on field studies, where the research data was obtained from questionnaires and interviews, this study found that there is an understanding of gender bias in ustaz and ustazah perceptions in Medan city. This study is expected to contribute to gender studies in Indonesia. Keywords: ustaz, ustazah, injustice, gender, ethnic group

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The Ginevra de’ Benci Effect: Competence, Morality, and Attractiveness Inferred From Faces Predict Hiring Decisions for Women

Frontiers in Psychology ◽

10.3389/fpsyg.2021.658424 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 ◽

Author(s):

Michela Menegatti ◽

Sara Pireddu ◽

Elisabetta Crocetti ◽

Silvia Moscatelli ◽

Monica Rubini

Keyword(s):

Da Vinci ◽

Leonardo Da Vinci ◽

Hiring Decisions ◽

Men And Women ◽

Hiring Decision ◽

Multiple Dimensions ◽

Attractive Face

The present study examined the role of morality, competence, and attractiveness as perceived from faces in predicting hiring decisions for men and women. Results showed that for both female and male applicants, facial competence significantly predicted the hiring decision directly and indirectly, through the mediation of the overall impression. Decisions concerning female applicants were, however, significantly predicted by multiple dimensions—that is, facial morality, facial competence, and attractiveness—with the mediation of the overall impression. Facial competence was the only significant predictor of impression and, in turn, hiring decision about men. These findings resonate the motto Virtutem forma decorat, “Beauty adorns virtue,” painted by Leonardo da Vinci on the reverse side of the portrait of Ginevra de’ Benci, and suggest that women’s chances of getting a job are less than those of men whenever they do not show a moral and competent and attractive face.

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Choice set formation for outdoor destinations: The role of motivations and preference discrimination in site selection for the management of public expenditures on protected areas

Journal of Environmental Economics and Management ◽

10.1016/j.jeem.2016.08.002 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 81 ◽

pp. 152-173 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Mara Thiene ◽

Joffre Swait ◽

Riccardo Scarpa

Keyword(s):

Protected Areas ◽

Site Selection ◽

Public Expenditures ◽

Choice Set Formation ◽

Selection For ◽

Choice Set

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Powerless Men and Agentic Women: Gender Bias in Hiring Decisions

Sex Roles ◽

10.1007/s11199-018-0964-y ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 80 (11-12) ◽

pp. 667-680 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Ann E. Hoover ◽

Tay Hack ◽

Amber L. Garcia ◽

Wind Goodfriend ◽

Meara M. Habashi

Keyword(s):

Gender Bias ◽

Hiring Decisions

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The Role of Media in Perpetuating or Obstructing Gender Equality in the Context of Developing World

Gender and Diversity ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-6912-1.ch036 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 723-733

Author(s):

Prabartana Das

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Gender Equality ◽

Gender Bias ◽

Developing World ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Gender Biases ◽

The Media ◽

Developed World

Media engineers subtle ways in which gender bias can persist in society and ensures the perpetuation of women subjugation in the society. In this chapter I want to excavate the various factors which contributes to the augmentation of gender biases by the media and how the media in developing countries strengthens the cause patriarchy masquerading in the façade of preserving traditions and customs? I also intend to unravel how perennial problems like illiteracy and abject poverty further dents the project of women empowerment and how deeply entrenched patriarchal values manipulate the media to withhold emancipation in true sense. How women even after being qualified suffers from several negative effects undermining her own status? It will also be interesting to delve into the ways in which gendered media is far more subversive and ubiquitous in the developing world than developed world. And lastly how the gender bias in media can be curbed in the light of social and political awakening in women in particular and the development of human ingenuity and consciousness in general.

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