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What\'s up with Forbes\' obsession with the way women look?
First Forbes.com has someone writing about how women can get ahead if they don't dress too sexy. Now, they're over-analyzing United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's choice of nail color. Hey, if I was going to be on the... ...
World Leaders: Are You Hot or Not?
I'm sure ranking heads of state by their "hotness" factor is so wrong on so many levels, esp. when one includes the Pope, but I couldn't let the Hottest Heads of State website go by without comment. Not only was... ...
The Visibility Problem for Female CEOs
Just read an interesting article about the problem of visibility and female CEOs. The Harvard Business Review blog brought up some good points, some of which counter what I thought was conventional wisdom, i.e. that women are only asked to... ...
Men Don\'t Promote Women Because They Dress Too Sexy?
Just finished reading this article on Forbes.com by Shaun Rein about Why Men Don't Promote Women. The author gives women two tips to help change this. First, ask for the promotion. Second, stop dressing sexy. Now, I was on board... ...
The Evolving Manager Stereotype: Do More Women Managers Make For Less Stereotypes?
A study in an upcoming issue of Psychology of Women Quarterly (PWQ) looks at how men and women leaders are evaluated differently based on the the gender-typing of the industry in which they work. The results show that expectations are... ...
Beating the boys - filly style
It was another tough week for women, we (and our daughters) have been once again put in the position of sacrificing our rights for the good of others. But, I'm not going to write about that - other than to... ...
As the Wage Gap Widens: Women Need to Ask for More Money by Guest Blogger Liz O\'Donnell
This week's guest blogging piece by Liz O'Donnell couldn't be more timely. We've been discussing the Global Gender Gap a bit this past week on the womensDISH. New data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Committee on Pay... ...
As the Wage Gap Widens: Women Need to Ask for More Money by Guest Blogger Liz O\'Donnell
This week's guest blogging piece by Liz O'Donnell couldn't be more timely. We've been discussing the Global Gender Gap a bit this past week on the womensDISH. New data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Committee on Pay... ...
Disturbing trends for women in the US and what you can do about them
A few months ago everyone was trying to explain why women, who have more choices today than ever, are not as happy. I don't know the answer to that, but within the past week there have been a few news... ...
Disturbing trends for women in the US and what you can do about them
A few months ago everyone was trying to explain why women, who have more choices today than ever, are not as happy. I don't know the answer to that, but within the past week there have been a few news... ...
US slipping in gender gap
Forbes.com gives us an overview of the latest global report on the gender gap. : The World Economic Forum released its annual Global Gender Gap Index Tuesday, a comprehensive ranking of gender gaps across the world. As in past years,... ...
US slipping in gender gap
Forbes.com gives us an overview of the latest global report on the gender gap. : The World Economic Forum released its annual Global Gender Gap Index Tuesday, a comprehensive ranking of gender gaps across the world. As in past years,... ...
Speak up or others will speak for you
I was buried yesterday doing some volunteer work for a local politician. Why take the time out of an already busy schedule? Because if I don't speak up, I can't sit back and expect others to do it for me.... ...
DWC founder Diane Danielson on women networking their way to the boardroom
Downtown Women's Club founder and CEO Diane K. Danielson was featured in an article by The Glass Hammer on how women can network their way onto corporate boards. As Danielson notes, "When it comes to board positions, just like promotions... ...
Opting out of the Choice Myth
Last week, Judith Warner's column "The Choice Myth," presented one of the best overviews of the issue of women opting out that I've read since the famous Lisa Belkin 2003 NYTimes "opt out" article first introduced the concept. In the... ...
Virtual glass floor? Gender & social networks
This week a fascinating set of data was released that shows women dominating social media. Apparently, women outnumber men on Facebook, Twitter, FriendFeed, Flickr, Classmates, MySpace, Hi5 and del.icio.us. Women tie men on LinkedIn, YouTube and Bebo...
How to be Queen of the Tribe
In a recent article by friend of the Downtown Women's Club, Michelle Goodman, entitled Learn from the Opposite Sex at Work, there is a fabulous quote by Jan Combopiano, vice president and chief knowledge officer of Catalyst.“Women have to prove... ...
New Study: women build own glass ceiling
First women cause problems on boards by being "too tough" (yesterday's post), and now we create our own glass ceilings because we underestimate ourselves. At least that's what a new gender study says. Click here to read about it on... ...
Meddling women bad for bottom line?
Just watching friend of the Downtown Women's Club, Karen Salmansohn on Fox TV to challenge a recent study from the Journal of Financial Economics that says having women on boards hurts companies. The study claims that: Women "meddle" when they... ...
More about women bosses
The New York Times followed up its interview of Elle SVP, Carol Smith, with further discussion of her assertion that women make better managers. In this weekend's Room for Debate, six others gave their opinions. Here are a few highlights:... ...
Are women better managers?
This is a question that Carol Smith, senior vice president and chief brand officer for the Elle Group, answered with no hesitation in the affirmative in a recent interview with the New York Times. Now, normally, I'm not a fan... ...
DWC Guest Post: Five Biz Tips Flushed Straight from the Poker Table
Here at the Downtown Women's Club's Women's Dish blog we've been following the adventures of Annie Duke, the poker player who should have won Celebrity Apprentice. So, when Tiffany Michelle, another female professional poker player submitted this art...
If you let me play sports ... I won't end up like Rihanna
American Idol a Gender Equity Model?
Young women more likely to lose jobs
WSJ writes that young women may be more vulnerable to layoffs than others. It's more important than ever to make sure your manager knows how you are contributing to the company's bottom line. For young professional women, who sometimes fail... ...
