Gender Unbalance
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<a class="wikilink" href="/gender/">
Gender
</a>
is a clear indicator for unbalance in any kind of context. Assuming only two genders (OK, a bit antiquate but a good first-order approach), the population can be split in two equal halves. Therefore, any environment in which genders are not represented equally has a
<a class="wikilink" href="/bias/">
bias
</a>
.
</p>
<p>
<strong>
Gender does not identify a minority
</strong>
, talking about women as a minority is a problem. Should be referred to as an
<strong>
under-represented
</strong>
group (See
<a class="wikilink" href="/women_are_half_the_population,_not_a_minority/">
women are half the population, not a minority
</a>
)
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<a href="/tags/gender">
#gender
</a>
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