Confirming the gender gap at the top, the NY Times Glass Ceiling Index compares the number of Fortune 500 female CEOs and Fortune 500 male CEOs named John.…
The Self-Promotion Gender Gap
Hoping to understand differences in the workplace, a recent study looked at whether women tend to engage in less self-promotion than men.…
Six Facts About Women’s Wealth in the World
While women’s wealth in the world has been trending upwards, a look at the estimates in the Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report 2018 reveals the gaps.…
Why Women in Movies Matter
Looking at women in movies, we form behavioral expectations about gender roles that relate to leadership, to speech, and to age.…
Why We Want Women On Our Money
About more than money, our currency images of Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill relate to gender, race, and our expectations.…
Throwback Thursday: What a Disney Princess Used To Be
#TBT: Today’s Throwback Thursday looks back at Disney Princesses, from Snow White to Vanellope, to see how they are changing.…
Why We Have Fewer Female CEOs
With Indra Nooyi leaving PepsiCo, we have even fewer female CEOs of major corporations who can change expectations about male leadership.…
Still More on the Mommy Penalty
Two new papers have looked more closely at the mommy penalty and even identified how women who have no children are affected.…
The Job Titles That Should Be Gender Neutral
Recognizing the importance of becoming gender neutral, groups that range from Nantucket’s Selectmen to the U.S. Marines are changing job titles.…
Hollywood’s Unusually Large Gender Pay Gap
Hollywood’s gender pay gap displayed by Michelle Williams and Mark Wahlberg is caused by so much more than one woman’s failure to negotiate.…