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Sexist men earn higher salaries
September 24, 2008
A new study has found that men with traditional views of gender roles earn nearly $12,000 more than men and with egalitarian attitudes – and nearly $15,000 more than women. The study also found that more educated men tended to be more accepting of equality in gender roles, while the less educated clung to the sexist view. So sexists have more money, but aren’t as bright. In all seriousness, study co-author Beth Livingston told me that while conducting her press tour, Fox News ran out of time before she could get to that point. Learn more about why sexists make more money and what you can do to even the score.
Girl jocks make the best CEOs
September 08, 2008
I’ve found that women who play team sports have better skills to compete in a male dominated business world. Whereas men have learned to have a knock-down, drag-out battle and walk away friends, women are supposed to value the relationship as much as the outcome and are taught not to rock the social boat. Sports helps women learn they can compete and still be friends. Here are some tips to improve your competitive response.
A culture of cowards
August 03, 2008
Female business blogger gets death threats for negative comments about batman movie.
An entrepreneur and business blogger for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, one of Seattle’s daily newspapers, recently wrote an admittedly frivolous post comparing the movie Batman the Dark Knight to risks in a business venture. In mere hours, fans of the movie cyber-attacked her for the “negative review”, one with such aggressive hate as to wish her gang-raped and shot. We have created a culture of cowards, those who hide behind the anonymous comment. The media used to castigate such cyber-bullying behavior - until its publishers also got seduced by the web traffic such comments help generate. Here are some tips to protect yourself from cyber-bullies if you're not 100% sure they'll kee their presence limited to cyberspace.
Sisters are doing it for themselves
July 23, 2008
Statistics show that women have been backsliding with regard to pay, board seats and corporate officer posts over the past 3 years. The assumed reason is that more women are dropping out of the workforce to become moms - But it seems the real reason is they're choosing to work for themselves -
Why is a woman’s appearance fair game?
July 22, 2008
It isn’t news that the media has consistently commented on women’s appearance, but why do women dis other women this way?
Do bossy girls become bitchy bosses?
July 10, 2008
writes that she has stopped worrying about her daughter being “bossy” because she has “rarely heard anyone describe a little boy as bossy." Does a bossy little girl translate into a bossy bitch at the office?
There is no sexism on wall street
June 02, 2008
A recent post on the Wall Street gossip site Dealbreaker.com misuses and abuses recent research to conclude that the reason there are few women on Wall Street, especially in its senior ranks, is simply because we choose not to be there. If ever there was “proof” of the irrationality of women, leaving these solid high-paying jobs because we simply “choose to do something else” must be it.
