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How Have Gender Norms Shaped Your Life and Career?

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How Have Gender Norms Shaped Your Life and Career?

Hi everyone,

I hope this is allowed here!

I’m working on a book with an academic institution (feel free to message me if curious!) about how gender norms impact women economically , especially when it comes to work and family.

We have plenty of research, but would love some anecdotes/ personal stories, so I thought I’d reach out here. I’d love to hear your experiences if you’re comfortable sharing.

Here are a few things we are interested in:

Did you take on a disproportionate share of family and household duties than male family members when working from home?

The child penalty: how having kids affected your career?

Examples that challenge Clinton’s 1993 statement: “American workers will no longer have to choose between the job they need and the family they love.”

Experiences where diversity training backfired.

Instances men in relationships feeling threatened by women who were more successful at work.

Being funneled into low-paying and/or caretaking jobs because of your gender. Also personal experiences where caretaking roles are not adequately compensated.

If any of these feel familiar, I’d really appreciate hearing about them. I have a survey linked here for you to input your experiences, or you can message me directly if you have had similar experiences.

Please note that I do need contact info if we are to include your specific experience. Your identity will be anonymized, however.

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  1. Anonymous

    As a child-free woman in my 40s in a heterosexual marriage, I’ve noticed a certain awkwardness in the workplace because I’m not a parent. People often assume that a woman of a certain age must be a mother, and when they realize I’m not, they sometimes seem unsure of how to engage with me.

    Additionally, as someone with invisible disabilities, I’ve found that many workplace DEI trainings overlook disability altogether. There’s often little to no discussion about accessibility or inclusion beyond physical accommodations. On top of that, outside of a few fields where women make up the majority (education, non-profits, social services, etc.), the challenges women face in the workplace are frequently treated as separate from DEI efforts, rather than being recognized as part of the broader conversation about equity and inclusion.

  2. Anonymous

    That is interesting, I haven't come across that. I'm a millennial (not sure if you're in your younger 40's or what age group you work with), but so many of us don't have kids it's not an issue among our generation. That's a strange work environment.

  3. Fauna

    I found that site very usefull and this survey is very cirious, I ' ve never seen a blog that demand a survey for this actions, very curious...먹튀검증

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