Why Men Don’t Promote Women

Written on Tuesday, December 29th, 2009 at 1:28 pm by Jsanders
Filed under Behavorial Differences, Communication Style Differences, Diversity, Gender Communication, Gender Stereotypes, Recruiting & Retaining Women, Women's Issues, Work-life balance.

A great post on Fistful of Talent by Tim Sackett! REad this excerpt:

“Shaun, I hate to say it, but you are probably sexist, and it’s not “mostly womens fault” that you didn’t promote them.  While I’m sure you would argue you are very in-touch with diversity issues, because of your heritage, I would also assume that same background has given you a skewed view of gender issues and the historical battles they have faced in climbing leadership ladders. The fact that you write that some might be surprised that most men have nothing against working for a female boss, shows you yourself were somewhat surprised by the data. Most men don’t have issues working for women, only sexist men have problems working for women.”

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