Our Gendered Election

Among the most disturbing aspects of the recent Presidential election was the frequency and hostility of the attacks on Hillary Clinton because she is a woman. Gender stereotypes and the biases that flow from them are pervasive in our society. But prior to this campaign, most business leaders, diversity officers, and mainstream commentators would have said that women are discriminated against in their pursuit of career advancement because of unconscious gender stereotypes and biases — reflexive, automatic, and unintentional assumptions...