Mary P. Rowe and Anna Giraldo-Kerr, "Gender Microinequities," in The SAGE Encyclopedia of Psychology and Gender, Vol. 4, ed. Kevin L. Nadal (Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2017), 679-682.
Abstract
Despite laws, regulations, and policies promoting gender equity, and some progress in education and employment settings, gender discrimination continues. Much gender bias is subtle, covert, and usually not legally actionable, despite being very common. This entry examines seemingly small, unfair, demeaning, and discriminatory behaviors and events—microinequities and microaggressions—and their impact on women and men.
