The prejudice against a person on the basis of sex of that person is ________.

Discrimination refers to treatment or consideration against a person or group merely because the person/group belongs to a particular class, or category.

Key Points

• Gender discrimination is discrimination based on sex.
• The prejudice against a person based on the sex of that person is Gender bias.
• It is the unequal treatment of a person based solely on that person’s sex.
• Gender Discrimination can be direct and indirect.
• Direct discrimination occurs when gender is used as an explicit reason for discriminating.
• Indirect discrimination occurs when there are provisions and practices which put girls and women at a disadvantage. 

Hence, we can conclude that prejudice against a person based on the sex of that person is Gender bias.