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February 9, 2021

"The Steep Cost of Gender Bias" Annotations, claim, and support

The article’s claim is that gender bias is costly and difficult to guard against. The supporting evidence is that gender bias in the hiring of workers has led to the loss of productivity. Companies have also incurred costs while trying to replace the workers that should not have been hired in the first place. Gender bias has been expensive for employers because they pass over the most suitable people for a particular position.

Gender bias is difficult to guard against because it has been found in companies that have had anti-bias training. Men are likely to be favored in certain careers while women are preferred in others. Human judgment in making hiring decisions leads to gender bias. Although gender bias is less frequent now than in the previous decades, it still affects companies adversely.

There are several ideas I disagree with. The first idea is that companies with anti-bias training do not fare any better on hiring decisions than companies that do not have anti-bias training. I disagree with this idea because I think anti-bias training influences the way people in an organization view gender discrimination. Another idea is that employers often pass over the most suitable person for a particular position. I disagree with this because many employers are after qualified and competent candidates, not about their gender.

One of the ideas I can connect with is that resumes for men are rejected in education and healthcare positions. Most people believe that only women should take careers such as nursing. There have been numerous occasions in which men have applied for nursing positions, but they were denied the positions as they were given to women. Another idea is that women are generally seen as less of a fit for executive roles. Most companies do not prefer hiring women in leadership positions.