Men are brilliant, women are bossy

The term "gender bias" has always struck me. I have always looked at issues involving "gender bias" as having more to do with gender roles or stereotypes, excluding the word bias. The article talks about "unconscious bias" and cites the example: "women are much more likely to receive critical feedback than men, and women who are leaders are more likely to be described as abrasive, aggressive and emotional." This evidence, if accurate, proves it is in fact a situation involving bias, because women are put at a disadvantage. These gender ideas are not totally off base in my opinion. Women are more emotional in men and not taking that into account when hiring someone would be ridiculous. Being emotional is not always negative and could help women get certain jobs over men. I found the last bit of the article to be a little shocking. It stated that Beck being chosen over Beyonce at the Grammy's was a matter of gender rather than talent. The article said the situation was "interpreted as a diminishing of Beck’s talent or general nice guyness rather than being about our biases and a nomination system that seems to favor white rock dudes over virtually everyone else." Although the article is logos based, there is no evidence provided of a nomination system that favors "white rock dudes." I personally believe this argument is a stretch and is a poor ending to the article. I also think that jumping to the conclusion that everything is a result of gender bias is dangerous and detrimental to our culture and changes in culture.