Here’s a simple test: Name your top five role models (aside from family and friends)? How many of them are women?
You may be unable to connect your inspiration to a female role model, simply because there aren’t enough female …
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The Vicious Cycle of the Gender Pay Gap
The gender pay gap is a labyrinth of unconscious prejudice and blatant discrimination, a byproduct of unbalanced professional opportunities, educational prospects and deeply-entrenched societal norms. With so many forces at work, …
Scandal in Silicon Valley: Why the Ellen Pao Suit Isn’t Helping Women in Tech
It’s not exactly news that women — particularly women in tech — are often underrepresented and underfunded in business. The stats speak for themselves: Just 3% to 5% of female entrepreneurs get venture-capital funds, and …
The Term “Pink Collar” Is Silly And Outdated — Let’s Retire It
You can’t throw a stone around the internet today (if that’s even possible?) without running into the New York Times’ new study on so-called “pink-collar jobs.” The report found that over the last decade more and more …
The Real Reason Women Don’t Help Other Women at Work
As Madeleine Albright once noted, there is “a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.” Of course, if she’s right, that “special place” has got to be awfully crowded.
Five Lessons About Work You Won’t Learn in School, from the Sklar Brothers
In their new show, United Stats of America (which debuts Tuesday at 10 p.m. E.T. on the History Channel), twin comedians Jason and Randy Sklar drill deep into the numbers that make America great — or at least, greatly filled …
Are Female Board Members Breaking the Banks?
The conventional wisdom — not to mention a good deal of research — suggests that women are less inclined than men to take big risks with money. That’s why a new discussion paper prepared by three economists for the German …
Why Men Will Continue to Dominate the Jobs Recovery
Men might have lost more jobs during the recession than women did — but a new report shows that it’s women who are struggling more in the financial recovery.
The Real Reasons There Aren’t Many High-Earning Female Business Owners
A new study released this week shows that more women-owned businesses are generating upwards of $1 million in yearly revenue. But while this seems like something to cheer, it obscures the real truth behind women’s progress as …
Media’s Gender Gap: Where My Girls At?
The representation of women in U.S. newsrooms is weak. The media industry is overwhelmingly male, and according to a report released this week by The Women’s Media Center, female representation in the press is declining.
Romance & Real Estate: How Your Housing Situation Affects Your Love Life
Where you live affects who you date—and who will absolutely refuse to date you. In honor of Valentine's Day, the real estate website Trulia commissioned Harris Interactive to conduct a survey looking at the intersection of …
A Deal Just For You: Niche Sites With Deals for Moms, Dudes, Jews, Dog Lovers, the Military & More
All along, skeptics said that the enormous success of daily deals couldn’t be sustained in the long run. And indeed, in recent months, the industry appears to have suffered some setbacks. Roughly one-third of all deal sites …
