> True. I would assume women would have a better chance since most men are tired of being surrounded by other men all the time at work, like you said. This ma

> True. I would assume women would have a better chance since most men are tired of being surrounded by other men all the time at work, like you said. This may sound reasonable, but this is actually the opposite of what happens. In terms of hiring, people tend to leverage existing social networks and look for people that are similar to themselves. This generally puts a bias in favor of candidates who are not women, esp. when hiring for positions that are higher up in a company or business, as men generally outnumber women in higher level positions. > What is the motivation for someone to be biased against women, seems counterintuitive. Bias against women can take many forms and it may not be overt. Attitudes and basic opinions on women often form the basis for a actions that are micro aggressions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microaggression https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microaggression To that end, some people (men or women) may see women as not fit to do a task, not fit with a particular culture or set of workers, not able to interact with other depts. or businesses as a representative of a company, etc. Of course, there may be overt sexist discrimination as well.