Women are 21% less likely to be promoted than men This month in Feminst Fact Friday I’m focusing on BEHAVIOUR—all the ways in which women’s behaviour is judged more severely than men’s, or the way typically male behaviours are rewarded and typically female behaviours are penalised. Over the previous two weeks I’ve covered how women… Continue reading →

Women are 29% more likely to get burdened with office housework. This month I’m examining BEHAVIOUR and inequality in the workplace. Last week I focused on how women’s actions are interpreted in a gendered fashion—they’re three times as likely to be called “too aggressive” and 1.4 times more likely to receive subjective feedback than men—and… Continue reading →

Women are three times as likely to be labelled “too aggressive” In the introduction to this month’s theme (BEHAVIOUR) I explained that women are often penalised for displaying what is typically thought of as male behaviour. This follows neatly on from Week 13‘s post where I discussed the finding that – contrary to popular opinion… Continue reading →