Her July Cup victory, meanwhile, was widely seen as a milestone for female jockeys, one that might help to stamp out the lingering bias against them among trainers and owners.
In other words, there is, at every level of the culture — among studio executives, entertainment reporters, fans and quite a few critics — a lingering bias against the notion that movies should aspire to the highest levels of artistic accomplishment.
She had expected that women would be ranked lower in most categories because of a "modesty effect"–women don't generally self-promote as much as men and lingering bias about women's leadership capabilities.
Rather, society's lingering bias against women's sexuality, even female anatomy, was making sex complicated for women.
Through partnerships with these and other organizations, we are collaborating to develop a more systemic approach to a lingering bias that many women have: they just can't see themselves holding elected office or engaging politically.
But a look at Miss America's origins and lingering bias toward traditional values raises difficult questions about whether eliminating the pageant's swimsuit portion is enough to modernize the competition's historically beauty-focused ideals.
