Quotes About Bias

Where anger can be seen as a relative positive in a man, it is hardly ever perceived as anything other than a negative in a woman.

When you ask to go to some other country and fight their local best guy, and you know the judges are going to be his friend and the referee is going to be his coach, the head of commission guys is probably going to be his relative or something like that, and you're asked to do that for 100 Euros. Nobody wants to do that.

Employers, like most people, tend to trust their intuitions. But when employers decide whom to hire, they trust those intuitions far more than they should.

I think there's a reason why some companies have such dismal records. It's not because they're clueless; it's because they systematically don't want to hire women.

Females get hired along procreative lines. After 40, we're kind of cooked.

At this point, I don't get hired a lot because people don't think I could finance a movie.

Huge studio movies are handed over to a man with less experience before they're handed over to a woman with less experience. That's a fact. But I think it's not just about men not hiring women: it's about women not hiring women, too.

A lot of my friends who are white are like, 'Dude, I can't get an audition; it's all Hispanic and black.' It's about time.

Most historians are engaged in fiction.

I have met fantastic men in my life and horrible women. I have also met some amazing women and terrible men. I have seen women who are sexists.

As much as we try to deny it, media plays a huge part in how we view the world.

If you don't look like Rupert Graves or Hugh Grant, they'll have you playing the gardener.

Let's face it: there's still a certain amount of racism in human beings, so that shows up in Hollywood.

I think it's just in human nature: if you've got two guys fighting, and you don't really know them, you're going to root for the guy who comes from your country.

Tampon commercial, detergent commercial, maxipad commercial, Windex commercial. You'd think all women do is clean and bleed.

People judge. Fast

Muy propio de Nick», y lo que quiera que fuese a continuación, lo que quiera que fuese «muy propio de mí», siempre era negativo.)

I wasn't entirely sure about Meredith's assessment. Some people would love to have the killer be a guy born and raised in Wind Gap. Someone they went fishing with once, someone they were in Cub Scouts with. Makes a better story.

With the Internet, Facebook, YouTube, there's no such thing as an unbiased jury anymore. No clean slate.

I like strong women' is code for 'I hate strong women.

You might have noticed that the human animal is fond of forming and clinging to prejudices, remaining their steadfast curator in the face of all reason and contradiction.

Una mujer, para que se la reconozca como escritora, pintora, investigadora o lo que sea, tiene que hacer veinte veces más que un hombre, tiene que ser una fuera de serie. No hay apenas mujeres reconocidas en ninguna profesión, pero el mundo está lleno de célebres hombres mediocres.

That's the most sexist idea I've ever heard," Nellie said harshly. "I'm female, so I have to be clueless. He's male, so he's got a great sense of direction.

Prejudgments become prejudices only if they are not reversible when exposed to new knowledge.