In 1965, Janet Reimer gave birth to twin boys named Bruce and Brian, both children were born seemingly healthy,but, because the boys had trouble urinating the doctors performed a routine circumcision. In doing this the doctor made a mistake that resulted in the destruction of Bruce’s genitalia. After seeing several specialists, it was unanimous that Bruce would live without a penis. A John Hopkins University psychologist had a theory that a child 's gender identity was determined environmental factors, mainly social conditions in which the child is raised. The psychologist suggested raising Bruce as a female. Bruce’s parents the Reimers agreed to the procedure of castration and at 21 months old Bruce was castrated. His parents were told to
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Gender bias is prejudice or discrimination based on gender, or conditions or that support gender stereotypes of social roles (Baslow, 1992). Gender bias affects the workplace by setting something called the glass ceiling effect. The glass ceiling effect is that gender (or other) disadvantages such as race are stronger at the top of the hierarchy than at lower levels and that these disadvantages become worse later in the person 's career (Cotter, 2001). Women are at the bottom of this foreseen hierarchy in the workforce and men are at the top. The average pay gap between men and women aged between 46 and 60 stands at $16,680 a year as of 2014, while men take home $21,084 more than their female colleagues (Goodley, …show more content…
Whether it 's that Hot WheelsⓇ toy for their son or the Baby AliveⓇ doll for their daughter, when they go to the store and approach the toy aisle they see a strict divide between girl toys and boy toys. Companies separate their sections into items only geared towards certain genders. On the boys aisle in a store, you will see hues of grey, green and blue. The opposite applies for the girl’s aisle which is decorated in pink, white or purple. In the boys section, most of the toys are action toys depicting superheroes, dominant male jobs such as a soldier or firefighter, and strategic games. Adhering to modern stereotypes, the girl’s aisle has toys that represent female roles, such as a chef, a housemaid, a nurse and dolls which are to prepare females for motherhood. You may be wondering who came up with the blue vs. pink debate. Your answer can be found in cities all around the United States; department stores. Department stores such as Macy’s began the pink vs blue debate during women’s suffrage. At the time pink was supposed to be a manly color and appropriate for little boys as it is a derivative from red. Blue was thought to be dainty, delicate and calm and so it was suitable for young girls. During women’s suffrage, women wanted to associate themselves with men. Trying to appease this large population, Macy’s department store began to sell pink clothing for girls
Gender bias is prejudice or discrimination based on gender, or conditions or that support gender stereotypes of social roles (Baslow, 1992). Gender bias affects the workplace by setting something called the glass ceiling effect. The glass ceiling effect is that gender (or other) disadvantages such as race are stronger at the top of the hierarchy than at lower levels and that these disadvantages become worse later in the person 's career (Cotter, 2001). Women are at the bottom of this foreseen hierarchy in the workforce and men are at the top. The average pay gap between men and women aged between 46 and 60 stands at $16,680 a year as of 2014, while men take home $21,084 more than their female colleagues (Goodley, …show more content…
Whether it 's that Hot WheelsⓇ toy for their son or the Baby AliveⓇ doll for their daughter, when they go to the store and approach the toy aisle they see a strict divide between girl toys and boy toys. Companies separate their sections into items only geared towards certain genders. On the boys aisle in a store, you will see hues of grey, green and blue. The opposite applies for the girl’s aisle which is decorated in pink, white or purple. In the boys section, most of the toys are action toys depicting superheroes, dominant male jobs such as a soldier or firefighter, and strategic games. Adhering to modern stereotypes, the girl’s aisle has toys that represent female roles, such as a chef, a housemaid, a nurse and dolls which are to prepare females for motherhood. You may be wondering who came up with the blue vs. pink debate. Your answer can be found in cities all around the United States; department stores. Department stores such as Macy’s began the pink vs blue debate during women’s suffrage. At the time pink was supposed to be a manly color and appropriate for little boys as it is a derivative from red. Blue was thought to be dainty, delicate and calm and so it was suitable for young girls. During women’s suffrage, women wanted to associate themselves with men. Trying to appease this large population, Macy’s department store began to sell pink clothing for girls