The authority gap : why women are still taken less seriously than men, and what we can do about it /
Sieghart, Mary Ann, 1961-
The authority gap : why women are still taken less seriously than men, and what we can do about it / Mary Ann Sieghart. - 375 pages : illustrations (black and white)
Introduction : why Bart Simpson has more authority than Margaret Thatcher -- You don't have to read this chapter (unless you're a sceptic about the authority gap) -- The view from the other side : what we can learn about men and women from people who've lived as both -- The authority gap in action : if you could just let me fini- -- It's not a zero-sum game : we all gain from narrowing the authority gap -- The confidence trick : confidence is not the same as competence -- Conversational manspreading : how men hog the floor -- Changing our minds : how hard it is for women to exert influence -- Hello? Anyone there? : voices in the void -- Women do it too : how our reptilian brains work against us -- It's all around us : the world is framed by men -- Lady Macbeth vs Medusa : why do we hate women in power? -- Bias entangled : the busy intersection of prejudice -- All things bright and beautiful : or maybe if you're beautiful you can't be bright? -- Shut your whore mouth! The dangers of having an opinion and a vagina -- No need to despair : we can narrow the authority gap in one generation.
9780857527561 9780857527578
Sex discrimination against women.
Sexism.
Women--Intellectual life.
Authority--Social aspects.
Respect.
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The authority gap : why women are still taken less seriously than men, and what we can do about it / Mary Ann Sieghart. - 375 pages : illustrations (black and white)
Introduction : why Bart Simpson has more authority than Margaret Thatcher -- You don't have to read this chapter (unless you're a sceptic about the authority gap) -- The view from the other side : what we can learn about men and women from people who've lived as both -- The authority gap in action : if you could just let me fini- -- It's not a zero-sum game : we all gain from narrowing the authority gap -- The confidence trick : confidence is not the same as competence -- Conversational manspreading : how men hog the floor -- Changing our minds : how hard it is for women to exert influence -- Hello? Anyone there? : voices in the void -- Women do it too : how our reptilian brains work against us -- It's all around us : the world is framed by men -- Lady Macbeth vs Medusa : why do we hate women in power? -- Bias entangled : the busy intersection of prejudice -- All things bright and beautiful : or maybe if you're beautiful you can't be bright? -- Shut your whore mouth! The dangers of having an opinion and a vagina -- No need to despair : we can narrow the authority gap in one generation.
9780857527561 9780857527578
Sex discrimination against women.
Sexism.
Women--Intellectual life.
Authority--Social aspects.
Respect.
305.42