“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 [...]
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And The Oscar Goes To… A Man (Gender Bias at the Top)
January 29, 2012 – 5:00 am
By Joan C. Williams & Rachel Dempsey (Authors, The New Girls’ Network) The Academy Award nominees came out on Tuesday, and to no one’s surprise, this was not a good year for women in Hollywood. As they have been for the Oscars’ 83-year history, the (non-gendered) prestige categories — Best Picture and Best Director — [...]
How to Self-Promote Without Backlash (Women’s Career Advice)
October 26, 2011 – 7:00 am
By Joan C. Williams & Rachel Dempsey (Authors, The New Girls’ Network) As we discussed in our last post, a recent study by the non-profit Catalyst found that the best strategy to get a raise is to make your achievements known around the office. Seems simple enough, right? Let your co-workers know about a deal [...]
Why (Almost) Everything Women Are Told About Work Is Wrong
October 25, 2011 – 7:00 am
By Joan C. Williams & Rachel Dempsey (Authors, The New Girls’ Network) It’s not your fault. That’s the message of the career advice book Rachel and I are working on together, and that’s the message of this new report from nonprofit research group Catalyst. Despite all the advice women receive telling them that they fall [...]
