Overworking is overrated and unhealthy. Why so hard to respect work-life balance?
From today’s Washington Post: Why does our society perpetuate the idea that people must be constantly working in order to be worthy of respect? I get tired of the way…
The Old Rules of the Workplace Aren’t Working. At Least Not for Women.
From today’s New York Times: Despite clear gains by women in so many aspects of society over the decades, their progress in the workplace seems to have stalled. It is…
The Wrong Way to Do Paid Family Leave
From today’s New York Times: Senator Marco Rubio just made a small bit of history: He became the first of his party to put forward a national paid family leave…
Opinion: The ‘Manly’ Jobs Problem
From today’s New York Times: Insults, groping — even assault. That kind of sexual harassment came along with being one of the very few women on a construction site, in…
Icelandic Companies Required By Law to Show They Pay Men, Women Fairly
From today’s National Public Radio: Starting this week, companies in Iceland are required to demonstrate that they pay male and female employees fairly — without gender discrimination. Failing to do…
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Women and Power in the Workplace
From today’s New York Times: “Revolution will come in a form we cannot yet imagine,” the critical theorists Fred Moten and Stefano Harney wrote in their 2013 essay “The Undercommons,”…
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Sexual harassment claims in Congress have been buried from public oversight
From today’s Buzzfeed by P. McLeod and L. Villa: Michigan Rep. John Conyers, a Democrat and the longest-serving member of the House of Representatives, settled a wrongful dismissal complaint in…
On Sex Discrimination, Men at Work Wonder if They’ve Overstepped
From Nov. 10 New York Times by Nellie Bowles: It has been a confusing season for America’s working men, as the conversation around workplace harassment reveals it to be a…
The Maddeningly Simple Way Tech Companies Can Employ More Women
From the New York Times, August 15, 2017 by Katherine Zaleski: I am the co-founder of a company that helps clients find ways to diversify their work force. We recently…
Class Actions Lawsuits by Women Could Fight Discrimination in Tech Industry
From today’s New York Times “Opinion” Section by Anita Hill: The recent leak of a Google engineer’s screed against the company’s diversity initiatives is a reminder that the notion of…