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Message: <blockquote data-quote="random user" data-source="post: 1670399" data-attributes="member: 16581">Are the other people aware that they are doing this? Gender bias is a slippery and often subtle thing, and well-educated and good-hearted individuals can still be a victim without even noticing it.I remember reading this one study where they looked at 4th grade teachers.  They were asked if they were biased in any way in the classroom.  They all said no.  But when they were videotaped, (numbers are made up because it's been too long, but the trends are right), it showed that they called on boys only a little more often than girls.  But, when the boy answered incorrectly, they were twice as often more likely to give boys a second chance to answer the question correctly.  Furthermore, they were far more likely to compliment a boy on a right answer than a girl.When the teachers were shown the videotapes they were all mortified and consciously tried to make sure they were fair.  They were again videotaped and they were indeed much more fair this time around.When I DM I consciously try to look at each person at the table about the same amount of time.  I *know* if I didn't do this consciously, there would be certain people I gravitated to (mostly because they seem to be the most interested in the campaign).It can especially be hard to remain unbiased when you are getting environmental cues to be biased (ie the in-game material).  It's possible that they aren't even aware they are really being biased.  If this is the case, then some documentation might open their eyes.  Or it might not... I'm not sure.Just my 2cpEdit: I was a little uncomfortable using a study which was vague because my memory sucks.  I googled a little and found: <a href="http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/papers/genderbias.html" target="_blank">http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/papers/genderbias.html</a>which at least references several studies which you can persue if you want to get the actual figures.  Though the site talks about Canada, many of the papers referenced deal with American schools.  Not that that matters, except that I should have disclaimed at the front that it was an American study.  I apologize for my Americo-centric view and not explicitly stating that it was a US study.  Kind of ironic that my own bias slipped into a thread in which we are discussing bias.</blockquote>

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