5 - Types of Discrimination Flashcards
What are the different types of discrimination?
Age Disability Gender & gender reassignment Marriage & civil partnership Pregnancy & maternity Race Religion & belief Sex Sexual orientation
What is direct discrimination?
Direct Discrimination occurs when someone is treated less favorably than another person because of a protected characteristic they have or are thought to have (‘perceptive discrimination’) or because they associate with someone who has a protected characteristic (‘associative discrimination’).
What is indirect discrimination?
Indirect discrimination can occur when an organisation has a condition, rule, policy or even a practice within that applies to everyone but particularly disadvantages people who share a protected characteristic. It already applies to age, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation and marriage and civil partnership. This is now extended to cover disability and gender reassignment.
What is the definition of a stereotype?
A stereotype is a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or thing
What is the definition of prejudice?
Prejudice is preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience
What is the definition of discrimination?
Discrimination is the unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex
What we often describe is actually
prejudice and stereotypes.
Prejudice - type of attitude towards
members of a social group
Discrimination - a behavior or action arising from that attitude and directed towards members of a social group.
Discrimination is essentially ‘prejudice in
action’ (Baron and Byrne, 1994).
What is the definition of fairness?
Fairness is treating people without favoritism or discrimination
What is the definition of equality?
Equality is the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, or opportunities
