The Authority Gap

Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About It

Author: Mary Ann Sieghart
ISBN: 9781784165888

An incisive, intersectional look at the mother of all gender biases: a resistance to women’s authority and power.Every woman has a story of being underestimated, ignored, challenged, or patronized in the workplace. Maybe she tried to speak up in a meeting, only to be talked over by male colleagues. Or a client addressed her male subordinate instead of her. These stories remain true even for women at the top of their fields; in the U.S. Supreme Court, for example, female justices are interrupted four times more often than their male colleagues—and 96 percent of the time by men. Despite the progress we’ve made toward equality, we still fail, more often than we might realize, to take women as seriously as men. In The Authority Gap, journalist Mary Ann Sieghart provides a startling perspective on the gender bias at work in our everyday lives and reflected in the world around us, whether in pop culture, media, school classrooms, or politics. With precision and insight, Sieghart marsh

Publisher: National Geographic Books
Publish Date: 2022-02-08

Subjects: Business & Economics / Women in Business, Business & Economics / Personal Success, Business & Economics / Workplace Harassment & Discrimination

This book is available in the following Community Centers: Women's Center (Location: Women's Studies)