The pernicious nature of gender inequality Gender discrimination is pervasive.
The pernicious nature of gender inequality If poverty is to become history, then gender inequality must first be eliminated.
Knowing our colleagues' and friends' salaries would also help us realize how pernicious racial and gender pay disparities are.
"Too narrow because the focus on rooting out unwanted sexual activity has allowed us to feel good about protecting women from sexual abuse while leading us to overlook equally pernicious forms of gender-based mistreatment.
Some feminists have also warned that the focus on sexuality neglects equally pernicious, non-sexual forms of gender-based harassment and discrimination designed to exclude and marginalize women (and many men) from the work they want to pursue.
But the solution is not to ignore the issue altogether, but rather to recognize this storyline as illustrating one of the most pernicious and overlooked types of gender bias.
Never mind pernicious, long-standing cultural attitudes about gender, race and sexuality, climate change denial alone should teach us that even good science can't triumph over bad policy without a sustained fight.
What the videos reveal about social exclusion, gender roles and the pernicious power of media representation proves these things are far from women-only issues.
Gender discrimination is pervasive and pernicious, and it remains the case that, to varying degrees, women and girls do not enjoy equal access to resources, opportunities or political power in any region of the world.
