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08/30/2016

"[Individuals are] raised to say if a guy’s leading, you give them a little benefit of the doubt. A woman has to prove herself, and until she does there’s going to be doubt."

The Society Pages (TSP) is an open-access social science project headquartered in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota

12/08/2015

"The idea that women are not as good is so deeply embedded in the mind of so many people in positions of power, that it is not even recognized."

Not just people in positions of power, but in many of us, including women. Why else would we only apply to jobs for which we are 100% qualified versus the average man, who applies to jobs for which he is 60% qualified?

Late last week, Sequoia Capital’s Michael Moritz was asked about the dearth of women in his company. His responses (amon…

12/01/2015

Funny/not-funny: Ellen perfectly balances on the razor's edge.

It's hard to believe, but Bic has a new line of pens, just for women. See what Ellen had to say about them!

10/07/2015

This line: "In this type of system, nobody received any kudos for preventing a problem. We could show that business units were getting into crisis mode, running from one problem to the next, because nobody wanted to take the time to plan and be proactive in a system where individual heroics were rewarded."

It makes me wonder if that's an additional bonus for men and penalty for women. So often I've observed women doing "the s**t work" of making sure things don't blow up while men press the gas at dangerous, untenable, sometimes borderline illegal/unethical levels.

Great interview: http://www.strategy-business.com/article/00356

Debates over paid leave, wage increases, and flexible work arrangements, says the MIT professor, all stem from a larger assumption that personal and business needs are in conflict.

08/31/2015

Why women make better gin distillers and a billion other interesting facts and insights.

Siobhan Phillips on the making and marketing of gin, women distillers, and historical anxieties regarding women and alcohol.

02/06/2015

"A man who doesn’t help is “busy”; a woman is “selfish.”"

The sad reality in workplaces: Women help more but benefit less from it.

12/17/2014

The Sony e-mail hack revealed even rich and famous women are devalued.

10/20/2014

"It’s a hyper-individualized answer to a collective problem: the fact that both men and women work, but our workplaces don’t allow for a family life."

It's important for women to have access to egg freezing if they want it, but it's a terrible solution to the fact that our society makes it so hard to parent and work.

07/28/2014

Family-work balance is far from the only challenge powerful women face in this town.

05/17/2014

Wondering if your life's work is important enough? Consider this.

05/13/2014

"As resources go up, resourcefulness goes down..." and other reasons to not lend your nephew twenty bucks.

A recent argument has emerged again on university campuses revolving around “trigger warnings.” Some schools have been accused by parents that they don’t provide warnings about disturbing content or sensitive material in courses. The debate is another illustration of how much adults are finding it d…

05/06/2014

What your NDA signals to potential investors and more...

This 'Tech Talk' roundtable was geared toward female entrepreneurs but there was plenty to learn for any first-time founder. Hear what you missed from a roundtable of female regional tech business regulars.