An essay in The Wall Street Journal recycled a tired trope: “queen bees” in the office are making the lives of other women a living hell. By Joan C. Williams (Author, The New Girls’ Network) & Katherine Ullman (Program Associate, Center for WorkLife Law) An essay this month in The Wall Street Journal recycled a [...]
Posts Tagged "Queen Bee"
Calling For The End Of The Queen Bee
March 6, 2013 – 6:00 am
When we weaken the power of one woman, we weaken the power of all women. When we weaken the power of women in workplaces that already have way too few women, we contribute to further reducing the number of successful women and we end up with only one woman survivor at the top – the [...]
The Problem With The “Female Boss” Problem
July 23, 2012 – 11:00 am
“I have never seen in my entire career women being as supportive to one another as they are now.”- Deborah Jackson, co-founder of the Women Innovate Mobile accelerator program By Charlotte Kellogg (Social Media Manager, Appguppy) When you Google “female boss”, recent write-ups about female bosses from Bloomberg BusinessWeek, MSNBC’s Today Show and AskMen.com pop [...]
