Physicists show bias against female job applicants

[jonb]

Its not just sciences, the arts also discriminate.

http://www.osborne-conant.org/posts/blind.htm

It is very hard for people to ignore presumptions they make about groups, and see the individual in front of them. I have been on an interesting journey over the last twenty years where my conventional social standing has dropped markedly, and it has been very interesting noticing the different reactions people have to me over that period.