If You Want Women to Move Up, You Have to Accommodate Mothers
Working moms need more flexibility, and they want recognition of their commitment and abilities.
Working moms need more flexibility, and they want recognition of their commitment and abilities.
“A final issue that undermines equality in the workplace is known as the “motherhood penalty.” Researchers estimate that a substantial portion of the wage gap is actually an informal penalty applied to mothers.”
The way to challenge workplace harassment is to hold people accountable and stop normalizing inappropriate behavior.
New study shows that female professors have to deal with more requests from students asking for special favors, such as grade increases and the opportunity to re-do assignments, than male professors.
And many of these workers are women…
Actively seek to counter this evidence – call on women for their ideas and give due credit!
“The trouble is if no one does it, things fall apart and you end up having to step in after the bill hasn’t been paid, the kid’s had cold pizza for lunch every day, the car didn’t get registered and …
“We already know how to reduce sexual harassment at work, and the answer is actually pretty simple: Hire and promote more women.”
“Some might argue that the general evolution of discrimination from obvious to subtle may be evidence of social progress. Unfortunately, however, our research shows that the new kinds of bias can be even worse than the older kinds.”
“How often are we manipulated into prioritizing the abuser over the abused? How often are we being suckered into a side of a debate that we shouldn’t even be having?”