Lack of funding and media attention and deep-rooted prejudices have conspired to relegate female athletes to the margins of sports pages.

Still, it is hard to overcome a deep-rooted prejudice in an instant.

Underlying all this, one can sense the deep-rooted prejudice against women who are raped by someone known to them, as opposed to strangers.

Groups here and in other African countries are also working to erode deep-rooted social prejudices against the handicapped.

Outside Rome, very few western Christians spoke Greek; there was deep-rooted prejudice against Greek liturgical customs.

It continued, "Where a promotion is involved, men tend to be chosen in preference to women, since they benefit from deep-rooted prejudices and from stereotypes."

"The court has recognized certain deep-rooted prejudices and stereotypes as to the role and capacities of women still persist," said Mr. Flynn in a statement today.

Ms. Sarandon speaks with a rueful awareness of Hollywood's deep-rooted prejudices.

This, thus, is a form of discrimination that arises not because of a deep-rooted personal prejudice that an employer holds against a prospective employee.

According to Slovenia's ombudsman for human rights, Matjaz Hanzek, the government and public reaction illustrate a deep-rooted prejudice that permeates Slovenian society.