{"id":19903,"date":"2022-03-08T15:48:50","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T11:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/?post_type=articles&#038;p=19903"},"modified":"2022-03-08T17:00:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-08T13:00:22","slug":"gender-bias-mental-physical-health-culture","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/articles\/gender-bias-mental-physical-health-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Break The Bias: The Mental and Physical Health Impact of Gender Bias According To A Female Psychologist"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_19917\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19917\" style=\"width: 450px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-19917\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/03\/Dr.-Saliha-Afridi-5-e1646744177249.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19917\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtesy of Dr Saliha Afridi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"normal\"><span class=\"normal__Char\">The theme of International Women<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\">\u2019<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\">s Day 2022 is\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\">\u2018<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\">Break the Bias.<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\">\u2019<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\">\u00a0Women from all parts of the world and in all walks of life continue to contend with biases. According to the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mail.itp.com\/owa\/redir.aspx?REF=rDKCg1D_sNoTYuWPYf3T_4M2MCmkkyJsHyOYJSxEhidCKArE9gDaCAFodHRwOi8vaGRyLnVuZHAub3JnL2VuL0dTTkk.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"normal__Char\">Gender Social Norms Index\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\">released by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)<\/span><\/a><span class=\"normal__Char\">, Nine out of ten men and women have biases against women and according to the World Economic Forum, at the current rate of progress, it will take is 107 years to reach gender parity.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/Ca1hJ9QJg6b\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; 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font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tv\/Ca1hJ9QJg6b\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Dr. Saliha Afridi | Psychology (@drsalihaafridi)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"normal\"><span class=\"normal__Char\">While many societies have come a long way in their fight for gender parity, women continue to face pressures, barriers and biases. And whereas before the biases were obvious and overt, now they are unconscious and unspoken, making it often harder to address or tackle the issues. Unconscious biases are attitudes and beliefs that are held without the conscious awareness of the person that affect the way a person feels about others. And so the only way we are going to\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\">\u2018<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\">break the bias<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\">\u2019<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\">\u00a0is if we are able to consciously own and address the biases that exist inside of each and every one of us<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\">\u2014<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\">men and women.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19906\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19906\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-19906\" src=\"https:\/\/graziamagazine.com\/me\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2022\/03\/246154240_598460327952347_5945721941587172271_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"440\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19906\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Instagram @drsalihaafridi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"normal\"><span class=\"normal__Char\">Some of the biases that women face include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"normal\"><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Performance bias:<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">\u00a0a deep rooted belief that underestimates women<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">\u2019<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">s performance and overestimate men<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">\u2019<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">s performance.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"normal\"><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Attribution bias:<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"> Because women are seen as less competent than men, people tend to give them less credit for accomplishments and blame them more for mistakes.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"normal\"><span class=\"normal__Char\">Likeability bias:<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\">\u00a0Men are expected to be assertive, so when they lead it feels like it natural. Women are expected to act docile and communal, so when they hold leadership positions or assert themselves, they are seen as being less likeable.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"normal\"><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Maternal bias:<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"> Women who are mothers are seen as less committed to their careers and seen as less competent.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"normal\"><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Intersectionality b<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">ias: isn<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">\u2019<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">t limited to gender. Women can also experience biases due to their race, sexual orientation, age, beauty, a disability, or other aspects of their identity.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"normal\"><span class=\"normal__Char\">Having to contend with unconscious barriers and biases impacts a woman<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\">\u2019<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\">s physical and mental health and overall\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\">wellbeing.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"normal\"><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">Imposter syndrome <\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">\u2013 while there are many women who report struggling with imposter syndrome as they enter the workforce, it is reasonable to assume that feeling like an imposter is a reasonable reaction to women\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">constantly being undermined\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\"><span class=\"normal__Char\" style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">in their ability and performance in the workplace due to unconscious biases. These biases make women feel doubtful about their own abilities.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"normal\"><span class=\"normal__Char\">Burnout<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\">&#8211; women have to work harder to prove themselves in the workplace and in the family sphere. In their personal lives, they carry the majority of the responsibility that comes with being a caregiver to children or elderly parents. At work, they contend with biases, get less pay for similar work,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\">while having limited opportunities for development. These unrealistic expectations of having to perfectly play multiple roles can result in a woman working overtime to the point of burnout to prove her worth to others.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"normal\"><span class=\"normal__Char\">Psychological trauma\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\">\u2013\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\">biases can also result in women feeling powerless and lacking personal agency in their professional and personal lives.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\"><span class=\"normal__Char\">High levels of distress, coupled with high degree of powerlessness can result in psychological trauma.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"normal\"><span class=\"normal__Char\">Mental health difficulties<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\">:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\"><span class=\"normal__Char\">Mental health-related risk factors that disproportionately affect women include pressures created by their multiple roles, gender discrimination and associated factors of the pay gap. Women who report experiencing discrimination scored higher on symptoms of depression. Women worldwide are also twice as likely to have anxiety and depression than compared to men.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"normal\"><span class=\"normal__Char\">Physical health difficulties<\/span><span class=\"normal__Char\">: The stress experienced as a result of unrealistic expectations and gender biases can contribute to chronic physical health difficulties such as chronic pain, high blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and cancer.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"author":31739,"featured_media":19919,"template":"","format":"standard","categories":[260,35,4025],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.5 (Yoast SEO v20.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Mental And Physical Health Impact Of Gender Bias According To A Female Psychologist<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"BreakTheBias: We spoke to clinical psychologist and the MD and Founder of The LightHouse Arabia Dr. Saliha 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