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Posts Tagged ‘sexism’

Male Competitiveness: Nurture Not Nature

Though the findings in a recent Slate piece are nothing new on the face of it, the body of research on gender and competitiveness should be looked at with new eyes.  As the writer, Ray Fislar, put it: Like many gender differences, the “competitiveness gap” is taken … Read on >

UK Dell’s Brilliance: Women Mentoring Men

I just saw this mentioned on twitter* and because it is such a brilliant program, I was compelled to post right away.  Dell is taking a step, starting with the UK apparently, to do a sort of reverse gender, reverse role mentoring program.  As described in a recent issue … Read on >

Hashing Out Gender Issues: Why We Need the Outrage Jumpstart

My recent post on whether or not marketing to women has to be a women-only pursuit (short answer – absolutely not) got me thinking on a broader point: why does it take a bit of gender outrage (and, so-labeled “feminist” commentators/authors/bloggers often get things going) in order for human … Read on >