Explain Why You Should take The Place of A Man?

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Notorious RBG, was a pioneer for Women's Rights throughout her lifetime, and faced both flagrant examples of outright Sexism, like the questions asked during her interview process at Harvard University Law School, and the sometimes more subtle Gender Bias, the almost inevitable result from generations of male-dominance in organizations, institutions and culture.

In appreciation of the Life of Justice Ginsburg, and in deserved respect of her passing, this parallel series of articles are offered to give us all a broader and deeper understanding of Gender Bias. To me personally - perhaps even more than Racism to me as a Black Man, Gender Bias is one of the MOST repulsive forms of Unconscious or Cognitive Bias! (Oh, hell, No! Don't talk about my Momma, man!)

The following is a statement by American Association of University (AAUW) CEO Kimberly Churches:

America lost one of our most beloved role models tonight, a pioneering jurist and iconic feminist who blazed new trails, not only in her own life, but in the lives of the countless women she championed — and inspired. On behalf of AAUW and its members and supporters who recognized Justice Ginsburg with a 1999 AAUW Achievement Award, we extend our condolences to her family, her colleagues and to every American whose lives and hearts she touched. The nation owes it to her — and to all women — to honor her final wishes and refrain from naming a replacement until after a new president is inaugurated.

According to an article in IResearchnet.com (https://sociology.iresearchnet.com/sociology-of-gender/gender-bias/),

"Gender Bias is behavior that shows favoritism toward one gender over another. Most often, gender bias is the act of favoring men and/or boys over women and/or girls. However, this is not always the case. In order to define gender bias completely, we first must make a distinction between the terms gender and sex. When we use the term gender, we mean socially constructed expectations and roles for women and men, for girls and boys. Specifically, girls and women are expected to demonstrate feminine behavior, and boys and men are expected to act masculine. By sex, we mean biological differences assigned to females and males in order to distinguish between the two. The biological characteristics assigned to females and males often consist of primary or secondary sex characteristics.

The term gender bias is often (wrongly) used interchangeably with the term sexism. Sexism is typically defined as the subordination of one sex, usually female, based on the assumed superiority of the other sex (Kendall 2005) or an ideology that defines females as different from and inferior to males (Andersen & Taylor 2005). Sex is the basis for the prejudice and presumed inferiority implicit in the term sex ism. The term gender bias is more inclusive than the term sexism, as it includes both prejudice (attitudes) and discrimination (behavior) in its definition. Studies of gender bias also focus on gender, rather than on sex. Furthermore, the term gender bias could include instances of bias against boys and men in addition to bias against girls and women. This raises an important question: Are boys and men harmed by gender bias? While individual boys and men may suffer at the hands of gender bias, boys and men as groups benefit from gender bias embedded in our social institutions. The narrow benefits of gender bias for some are outweighed by much broader losses for all (Neubeck & Glasberg 2005). And if gender roles and expectations constrain both girls and boys and both women and men, it can be said that gender bias limits the overall development of contemporary societies."

In appreciation of Justice Ginsburg, this parallel series of articles are offered to give us all a broader and deeper understanding of this both overt and insidious form of Unconscious or Cognitive Bias. To create a foundation for our exploration, I invite us to spend at least 2 hours reading up on the topic of Gender Bias between now and next week. To assist us, here is a link to several worthy publications dealing with Gender Bias: