Andrea Learned discusses in her blog, Learned On, that study of and interest in gender differences is on the rise. And for good reasons, as she explains. I couldn’t agree more.

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Feminist Law Professors blog has a good write up about the opt-out revolution and how it has evolved over the past five years. It’s a summary of a keynote speech by Lisa Belkin, the author of the original article about this controversial phenomenon. Here’s the opening line: “It’s not just that the workplace has failed women. It is also that women are rejecting the workplace.”

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Alpha Mummy blog writes: “Everybody wants it, nobody has any clue about how to get it. That’s because the idea is all wrong, according to Dr Steven Poelmans, co-founder of the International Centre of Work and Family at Madrid’s IESE Business School. “I don’t like the word balance,” he says, since it means if you put more into one side (say, work or family responsibilities), there’s less time for another. Instead companies and employees need to think about harmonising work life, prioritising things in the various parts of life as you need you to. “Work-life balance is about having a sense of meaning and purpose in life,” says Poelmans.”

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Barbara Bergstrom writes for Business First of Louisville – when women take charge of their career, tout their successes, set goals, take credit for accomplishments – basically be accountable for their advancement – the glass ceiling shatters.

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Cathy Arnst of BusinessWeek.com writes about the 20% rule for women in leadership:

“Seems that the glass ceiling hasn’t budged in years, no matter how many women enter the workforce. An upcoming report from The White House Project, a non-partisan organization set up to promote women in politics, finds that women occupy around 20% of leadership positions in business, journalism, politics and law firms. The rate is much lower in Fortune 500 firms and higher in non-profits (where salaries are typically low). And it’s been that way for years.”

Arnst has some compelling ammo in her article, click here.