[1]This simple test assesses if men are being good gender allies by
Alexandra Ossola:
It's 2019, and there's no more denying it: hiring women is [2]a good
business decision. But keeping and retaining women is not only a
matter of adding more family-friendly policies or flexible work
hours. Leadership (often male) also needs to [3]foster a workplace
culture that shows women they are valued and will grow at the
company.
Men may find themselves wanting to do better (well, not _all
_men-[4]a 2016 survey by compensation-focused website PayScale.com
found just one in five men said gender disparity was a problem in
their workplace). They are to be commended for that. But sometimes,
they just don't know how. From [5]calling a female colleague "dear"
to [6]explaining something to a woman that she clearly already
knows, even the best-intentioned of men can sometimes do things that
slight the women around them.
[7]Matt Wallaert, a behavioral scientist and cofounder of
[8]getraised.com, a free site that helps women ask for raises at
work, has a simple recommendation for men who want to know whether
they're on track: They should ask themselves if a woman in their
lives is able to tell them when something they're doing is bullshit.
I love this.
And yes, I am fortunate that I have a number of women in my life
happy to call me out on my bullshit.
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My original entry is here: [9]This simple test assesses if men are
being good gender allies. It posted Thu, 04 Apr 2019 20:48:37 +0000.
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References
1.
https://qz.com/work/1583890/how-men-can-tell-if-theyre-good-gender-allies/
2.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janetwburns/2017/09/22/2016-proved-women-are-great-for-business-yet-still-being-pushed-out/#e03bdda188b6
3.
https://hbr.org/2013/09/women-rising-the-unseen-barriers
4.
https://www.payscale.com/about/press-releases/payscale-releases-new-data-that-reveals-the-biggest-obstacle-to-eliminating-gender-bias-in-the-workplace-the-lake-wobegon-effect
5.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/biancabarratt/2018/10/28/the-microaggressions-still-prevalent-in-the-workplace/#39da1d489c3b
6.
https://www.bustle.com/articles/136319-6-subtle-forms-of-mansplaining-that-women-encounter-each-day
7.
http://mattwallaert.com/
8.
https://getraised.com/
9.
https://www.prjorgensen.com/?p=2705
