"The results of the current study suggest that we may actually treat people more harshly when their problem is described in disease terms," Mehta wrote.
"We judge women much more harshly when they behave badly because we have an assumption that they are meant to be good: motherly, kind and always looking out for each other.
Failure to comply with the regulators' new instructions will mean that any doctor, nurse or midwife whose conduct prompts a complaint will be judged more harshly when their fitness to practise is being considered by their disciplinary body.
I remember reading a review that Pauline Kael wrote about some director's big epic, and she said: Now, look, it might seem unfair to judge a talented man more harshly when he tries to do something big than a less talented person who's doing something easier.
Christopher Dunn, a lawyer for the New York Civil Liberties Union, who said he learned of the policy two months ago, said it was unconstitutional because it treats people more harshly when they commit an offense at a protest than if they commit it elsewhere.
No. But, just as one disciplines a child more harshly when they show they have learned nothing from a mistake, the big banks need to be taught that they play by certain norms of behavior, or they cannot play with your money anymore.
