Prejudice or discrimination based on a person’s sex or gender

A vicar asking a woman if she likes her new female doctor, the woman retorts that she prefers male doctors and finds them more genteel. Wood engraving after G. Du Maurier.

A "man-midwife" (male obstetrician) represented by a figure divided in half, one half representing a man and the other a woman. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1793.

Le vaccin.

An attractive female doctor being approached by three burly men enquiring about nursing work. Wood engraving by G. Du Maurier, 1870.

Fill in the blank / Charlie Manzano.

The motherhood penalty : how to stop motherhood being the kiss of death for your career / Joeli Brearley.

190 pages : black and white illustrations ; 23 cm

Sexism & science / Evelyn Reed.

Pink tax and the law : discriminating against women consumers / Alara Efsun Yazıcıoğlu.

Outrageous practices : how gender bias threatens women's health / Leslie Laurence and Beth Weinhouse.

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Sexism

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Images about Sexism

Works from the collections

Fill in the blank / Charlie Manzano.

The motherhood penalty : how to stop motherhood being the kiss of death for your career / Joeli Brearley.

Sexism & science / Evelyn Reed.

Pink tax and the law : discriminating against women consumers / Alara Efsun Yazıcıoğlu.

Outrageous practices : how gender bias threatens women's health / Leslie Laurence and Beth Weinhouse.

Sexism

Images from the collections

Images about Sexism

Works from the collections

Fill in the blank / Charlie Manzano.

The motherhood penalty : how to stop motherhood being the kiss of death for your career / Joeli Brearley.

Sexism & science / Evelyn Reed.

Pink tax and the law : discriminating against women consumers / Alara Efsun Yazıcıoğlu.

Outrageous practices : how gender bias threatens women's health / Leslie Laurence and Beth Weinhouse.

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