How to Spot and Snuff Out Gender Bias

04/19/22 • 43 min

In this episode, we discuss how to gender sleuth so you can detect when people are responding to the often hidden pressure of gender stereotypes. When we unwittingly conform to gender stereotypes, women face increased gender bias, particularly in male-dominated workplaces and as they move up the career ladder. We offer solutions with 4 action steps so women and male allies can snuff out gender bias.

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How to Close the Gender Pay Gap with TEA

Despite the pay equity win by the U.S. Women's Soccer Team, the gender wage gap persists. In this episode, we discuss how the gap is measured, how some companies like L’Oreal, Starbucks, and Salesforce are making a difference, and how TEA - Transparency, Education, and Audit - can reduce the gap. Subscribe! Time-stamped show notes are below.

1:40 What is the gender wage gap, what are the gender wage gap facts, and solutions for equal pay

2:14 Why are women paid less than men

3:08 How is the pay gap calculated

4:10 American Progress is a top expert

4:45 Gender pay gap and gender stereotypes

5:10 Women are funneled into jobs with low wages and benefits

5:27 Men are funneled into jobs with high wages and benefits

7:42 Gender pay gap at the top percentile of wage earners

9:41 Motherhood penalty Economic Policy Institute article

11:40 Most educated demographic

12:59 Gender wage gap statistics

14:45 Wage gap for Black men

14:58 Intersectionality and the wage gap

15:27 Gender wage gap statistics

17:45 LeanIn.Org survey about the gender pay gap

19:34 L'Oreal and Angela Guy used the EDGE certification

21:32 Starbucks commitment to achieve a zero pay gap

22:53 Salesforce reduced the wage gap

24:23 Pay Transparency and the gender wage gap

25:03 What if employer asks for salary history

26:00 Consolidations and pay gaps

26:53 Gender roles household chores

29:10 What are unconscious bias examples

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29:50 Wage gap audits

31:26 Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation hearings

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After 25 years as a senior leader in tech, Karen Catlin saw a decline in the numbers of women in tech. Frustrated but galvanized, Karen became an author and coach focusing on helping women navigate the male-dominated tech industry and coaching men to be better allies. In this episode, Karen gives us 10 tips to be better allies.

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Waking Up White by Debby Irving

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1:28 Introduction of Karen Catlin

5:12 What to do if a woman’s idea is hijacked in a meeting

8:09 How to understand your own privilege

14:11 How to talk to people who are resistant to change

17:09 Advocate by finding common ground and describing your own learning journey

19:27 Allies will make mistakes