Sure, we can all agree that sexual harassment and Mad Men-era sexism have no place in a modern office. But what about when, say, someone jokes about women being overly emotional—that’s all in good fun, right? And women who get offended by it need to calm down and get a sense of humor, right?
Read MoreWeWork offers freelancers and small businesses co-working spaces that are seriously tricked out: they’ve got arcades, foosball tables, and beer kegs in every kitchen. So when Glassbreakers CEO Eileen Carey moved her team into a WeWork space in San Francisco, she was surprised to learn there was no designated room where breastfeeding mothers could pump in private.
Read MoreAs a non-technical female working in the technology industry for the last 20+ years, I’ve found that not being technical has been much less of a career-limiter for me than being female.
Read MoreWe’re hearing more and more men say they support gender equality, and many of those men genuinely mean it. But if that’s true, why aren’t women feeling the effects of all that support in the workplace?
Read MoreGood on Disney, which just appointed its highest-ranking woman executive ever! Christine McCarthy is the company’s new CFO after 15 years with the Mouse House. She previously served as Disney’s treasurer and executive vice president of corporate real estate and alliances.
Read MoreWhen my sons were toddlers and I went back to work, my father warned: “You’ll regret this decision when your children are teens and exhibit all sorts of problems.”
Read MoreTo say Tim Hunt put his foot in his mouth last week is an understatement; it’s more like he tried to eat his foot for lunch. At a conference in South Korea on Tuesday, the Nobel Prize-winning British scientist described himself as a “chauvinist” and commented that having women in labs is a pain.
Read MoreMarc Benioff, you get all the points. The CEO of the cloud computing company is personally examining the salaries of his 16,000 employees to eliminate the pay gap between men and women. When he finds evidence of a gap—get this!—he raises the woman’s salary. He’s already given out a few raises, and told The Huffington Post, “When I’m done there will be no gap.” He then tore open his shirt to reveal a superhero suit underneath. (Kidding, but he totally could have, and no one would’ve blinked.)
Read MoreLast week the equal-pay movement gained an unlikely supporter in Pope Francis, who called the pay gap between men and women “a pure scandal.” The Pope used his weekly address to urge Christians to demand equal pay for equal work, saying, “Why is it expected that women must earn less than men? No! They have the same rights.”
Read MoreRemember that great Fortune column by Warren Buffett a few years ago on how women are the world’s greatest untapped resource and the key to America’s economic prosperity? We might return to it as we think about what makes startups successful.
Read MoreA big barrier to women’s leadership parity was overlooked in the recent brouhaha about Facebook and Apple covering employees’ insurance for egg freezing.
These companies are not, as headlines screamed “paying women to freeze eggs.”
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