ABSTRACT
Biases are formed by connecting bits of loose information to reach a significant whole—something that gives us a meaning to act quickly. Stereotyping and social biasing are negative outcomes, but the result is also crucial for survival functions. The overwhelming stereotype is that women are homemakers, that is generally, women want to be, should be, or have to be a caregiver. This social expectation hampers women, and they have to struggle much harder than their male counterparts to advance in some workplaces. Poorer performance is only the detrimental consequence of biases on the surface. Biases start early in childhood, shaped by children’s literature. The chapter utilizes the confidence gap in gender bias as a case study. Ingroup bias is what creates invisible bubbles such as men’s club, women’s group, or geeks’ network. Gender bias is a combination of many forms of biases such as negativity bias and implicit associations.
