Even in the same job, at the same level of experience, the same education, same race, same hours worked, etc. … women still earn less than men do. By Maggie Koerth-Baker (Contributor, Boing Boing) Let’s talk about the pay gap. Census data show shows that, in 2008, American women still earned .77 cents for every [...]
Posts Tagged "Gender Bias"
The New Girls’ Network: The Science Of Office Politics
August 29, 2012 – 6:00 am
Mothers are 79% less likely to be hired, only half as likely to be promoted, offered an average of $11,000 less in salary and held to higher performance and punctuality standards than an identical woman without children. By Joan C. Williams (Author, The New Girls’ Network) Advice literature for women is a crowded field and [...]
Can Mothers Found Startups? (Hint: Yes)
June 17, 2012 – 10:00 am
“People expect mothers to be less committed and therefore give them less responsibility and pay them less from the start.” By Joan C. Williams & Rachel Dempsey (Authors, The New Girls’ Network) An article in this weekend’s New York Times shed some more light on Silicon Valley’s worst-kept secret: it has a woman problem. Its [...]
Debunking The Myth Of Meritocracy In Business For Women
June 3, 2012 – 8:00 am
Men in merit-based organizations received higher bonuses than women, despite identical job performance evaluations. This bias did not surface in organizations that did not emphasize merit. By Leah Eichler (Contributing Writer, Femme-O-Nomics) Imagine a business environment where the best performers garner the highest wages and receive the most appropriate promotions. Sounds like your average, everyday [...]
Why Shouldn’t A Woman Start A Software Technology Company?
May 27, 2012 – 9:00 am
“It’s high time we use technology and build the solution. This is why I – a woman, a mother, a professional – started and am leading this software technology company.” By Catheryne Nicholson (Co-Founder & CEO, MommaZoo) I’m an engineer. I’m a mother. I’m a leader. I’m co-founder of MommaZoo. As with most women, the [...]
Compliments That Kill Career Advancement
April 15, 2012 – 1:05 pm
Ingrained stereotypes need to be recognized in order to see progress. By Leah Eichler (Contributing Writer, Femme-O-Nomics) Close your eyes and quickly think of a visionary business leader. Is your example male or female? At risk of annoying friends and acquaintances, this question serves to illustrate that despite our best intentions, many associate specific business [...]
How Universities Fail Women Inventors, Confirm Gender Bias
December 30, 2011 – 5:00 am
By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-In-Chief, Women 2.0) Bloomberg’s Scott Shane wrote about how studies have shown “Male academics are much more likely than their female counterparts to start companies to exploit their inventions”. He writes: “To figure out whether licensing officers favor the inventions of male inventors for spinoff companies, some colleagues and I [...]
Hate Your Boss? Ask Yourself If Gender Bias is to Blame
November 29, 2011 – 5:00 am
By Joan C. Williams & Rachel Dempsey (Authors, The New Girls’ Network) Once a year or so, a study or trend piece comes out about why women are bad to work for. Like Good Morning America’s “Bad Female Boss? She May Have Queen Bee Syndrome” or The Daily Mail‘s “Men are the best bosses: Women [...]
