Moral elevation describes the feeling of being uplifted by an act of uncommon goodness. Elevation brings out what Abraham Lincoln called the better angels of our nature. Even in the face of atrocity,...
Men need to support women and, I wish it went without saying, women need to support women too.
Men are allowed to be focused on their own achievements, while loyalty is expected from women.
I’m giving you these comments because I have very high expectations and I know that you can reach them. Now
In sports, taking suggestions from a coach is the whole point of practice. Adam traces his openness to feedback to his past as a Junior Olympic diver. Criticism was the only way to get better.
In fact, these bad mother with a briefcase images are so prevalent that writer Jessica Valenti collected them in a funny and poignant blog post called Sad White Babies with Mean Feminist Mommies.25
In China, women who are single past the age of twenty-seven are stigmatized as sheng nu, or leftover women. They face severe pressure from their families to marry, stemming from the widespread belief...
If we push hard now, this next wave can be the last wave. In the future, there will be no female leaders. There will just be leaders
I am more vulnerable than I thought, but much stronger than I ever imagined.
Everyone needs to get more comfortable with female leaders—including female leaders themselves.
Employed mothers and fathers both struggle with multiple responsibilities, but mothers also have to endure the rude questions and accusatory looks that remind us that we’re shortchanging both our jobs...
Avoiding feelings isn’t the same as protecting feelings.
At the time, I didn’t know how to respond. Now I would say yes. I made this my thing because we need to disrupt the status quo. Staying quiet and fitting in may have been all the first generations of...
Anyone lucky enough to have options should keep them open. Don't enter the workforce already looking for the exit. Don't put on the breaks. Accelerate. Keep a foot on the gas pedal until a decision mu...
An internal report at Hewlett-Packard revealed that women only apply for open jobs if they think they meet 100 percent of the criteria listed. Men apply if they think they meet 60 percent of the requi...
A 2011 McKinsey report noted that men are promoted based on potential, while women are promoted based on past accomplishments.14 In addition to the external barriers erected by society, women are hind...
At the same time that women need to sit at the table and own their success, doing so causes them to be liked less. Most people, myself included, really want to be liked – and not just because it feels...
When a husband and wife both are employed full-time, the mother does 40 percent more child care and about 30 percent more housework than the father.1 A 2009 survey found that only 9 percent of people...
We evaluate people based on stereotypes (gender, race, nationality, and age, among others).4 Our stereotype of men holds that they are providers, decisive, and driven. Our stereotype of women holds th...
Sharing financial and child-care responsibilities leads to less guilty moms, more involved dads, and thriving children.