Discrimination is the unjust or unequal treatment of individuals or groups based on their membership in a particular social category such as race, caste, gender, age, religion, disability, ethnicity, language, or socioeconomic status. In psychology, discrimination is considered the behavioral expression of prejudice. While prejudice refers to negative attitudes or beliefs about a group, discrimination refers to the actions that result from those attitudes. It affects the opportunities, rights, and well-being of individuals and often leads to social inequality and psychological distress. Discrimination may be direct or indirect. Direct discrimination occurs when a person is openly treated less favorably because of a particular characteristic. For example, if a qualified woman is denied a managerial position solely because the employer believes that women are less capable of leadership, it is direct gender discrimination. Similarly, refusing to rent a house to a person because of their religion