A "sex stereotyping" claim arises when an employee alleges that his or her employer engaged in discrimination because the employee failed to adhere to "sex stereotypes" for men or women. A "sex ...

Racial stereotyping involves a fixed, overgeneralized belief about a particular group of people based on their race. And while some people say things like, "I don’t stereotype anyone based on their ...

Hiding in the crowd I'm all alone. ~ Nine Inch Nails The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. ~ Mark Twain, slightly misquoted. One robust finding in social psychology is the positive ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Sheila writes about work culture, age and talent sustainability. Age stereotypes are beliefs about people from another age ...

We stereotype people to cue ourselves on how to manage them, but then we act in a way that induces them to conform to the label. Labeling others is an example of the actor/observer effect (Jones & ...

She was a whore. She had to be. Her skirt was so short. So she deserved it. When I was nine years old, a student at the University of Zimbabwe, where both my parents were employed, was stripped of her ...

There are finally more women CEOs in the S&P 500 than men named John. Although 41 women CEOs in the S&P 500 represents a new record, these numbers also reveal how far there is still to go to achieve ...