Issues and debates: gender bias Flashcards
What is gender bias?
.differential treatment between males and females based on stereotypes and not real differences.
What are the two different types of gender bias?
.alpha bias
.beta bias
What is alpha bias?
.exaggerating the difference between males and females.
.differences are innate and due to biological differences.
What is beta bias?
.ignoring the differences between males and females.
.studies using only males and applying the findings to females.
What is an essentialist view?
.differences are inevitable due to biological differences.
What are the two types of theories called?
.andocentrism
.gynocentrism
What is andocentrism?
.theories focused on males.
What is gynocentrism?
.theories focused on females.
What is universality?
.drawing conclusions from studies behaviour that apply to everyone, everywhere.
What are some implications with gender bias?
.misleading conclusions created about females, can lead to research and findings becoming inaccurate because they don’t relate to everyone.
.causes damaging consequences to women for opportunities to roles in society.
.if females don’t fit in with male norms they may be labelled as abnormal or having a disorder.
How can gender bias be reduced?
.by taking a feminist approach where it is accepted that there are biological differences between males and females.
.researches are increasingly reflecting on how their own values can impact their research, this can be avoided by including women in research and focusing on diversity within groups of women.
Sexism within the conducting of research.
.there is a lack of women in senior research positions because males are more likely carry out research and get their work published.
.mainly males conducting lab experiments.
How does using females in research label women?
.using women in research gives males the power to label women negatively because of the greater power they have.
