Study: Judges as susceptible to gender bias as laypeople -- and sometimes more so

(University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) A new study of trial court judges suggests these arbiters of the law sometimes let their personal ideas about gender roles influence their decision-making. The findings, which are part of a broader study of judicial behavior, revealed that the judges were just as likely as laypeople to discriminate - in ways that harmed both men and women - in decisions involving child custody or workplace discrimination cases related to family caregiving duties.

from EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science https://ift.tt/2qKoKQd