Another ugly stereotype of women in the workplace

Sometimes I read articles about women in tech that make me angry, sometime they make me laugh. They rarely make me sad but this one did.Penelope Trunk wrote a piece for BNET titled: Are Startups Better as Single-Gender Affairs? Based on the author's experience in three startups it reinforces the stereotypes that women and men can't work together because they are too different and just can't get along.This is just simply not true, but feeds the confidence of the men who don't want to bring women into the workplace, or [...]

By |2017-12-03T02:44:41-08:00August 6, 2011|Equality|1 Comment

Women want to make money too – and this is news?

In a world where women still make less money than men for the same job, iVillage and Today.com have released a survey that shows - shock horror - that salary is the most important criteria for a woman choosing a job."97% of working moms surveyed saying that salary is most important to them, followed by a family-friendly work environment (91%), job enjoyment (91%), flexible hours (86%), a short commute (83%) and health insurance for the family (81%)".Why is this news?The report attributes this to "today's fragile economy" and this infuriates [...]

By |2017-12-06T17:06:58-08:00May 3, 2011|Equality|3 Comments
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