How Performance Evaluations Hurt Gender Equality
Performance evaluations are designed to be meritocratic. Unfortunately, they can exacerbate the very gender inequities they are striving to reduce.
Judith E. Rosenstein is a professor of sociology in the Department of Leadership, Ethics, and Law at the United States Naval Academy and is affiliated with the Academy’s sexual harassment and assault prevention education program. Her research focuses on social inequality, with an emphasis on gender, sexual assault, sexuality, and violence.
Performance evaluations are designed to be meritocratic. Unfortunately, they can exacerbate the very gender inequities they are striving to reduce.