[1]This simple test assesses if men are being good gender allies by Alexandra Ossola: It's 2019, and there's no more denying it: hiring women is [2]a good business decision. But keeping and retaining women is not only a matter of adding more family-friendly policies or flexible work hours. Leadership (often male) also needs to [3]foster a workplace culture that shows women they are valued and will grow at the company. Men may find themselves wanting to do better (well, not _all _men-[4]a 2016 survey by compensation-focused website PayScale.com found just one in five men said gender disparity was a problem in their workplace). They are to be commended for that. But sometimes, they just don't know how. From [5]calling a female colleague "dear" to [6]explaining something to a woman that she clearly already knows, even the best-intentioned of men can sometimes do things that slight the women around them. [7]Matt Wallaert, a behavioral scientist and cofounder of [8]getraised.com, a free site that helps women ask for raises at work, has a simple recommendation for men who want to know whether they're on track: They should ask themselves if a woman in their lives is able to tell them when something they're doing is bullshit. I love this. And yes, I am fortunate that I have a number of women in my life happy to call me out on my bullshit. __________________________________________________________________ My original entry is here: [9]This simple test assesses if men are being good gender allies. It posted Thu, 04 Apr 2019 20:48:37 +0000. Filed under: general, References 1. https://qz.com/work/1583890/how-men-can-tell-if-theyre-good-gender-allies/ 2. https://www.forbes.com/sites/janetwburns/2017/09/22/2016-proved-women-are-great-for-business-yet-still-being-pushed-out/#e03bdda188b6 3. https://hbr.org/2013/09/women-rising-the-unseen-barriers 4. https://www.payscale.com/about/press-releases/payscale-releases-new-data-that-reveals-the-biggest-obstacle-to-eliminating-gender-bias-in-the-workplace-the-lake-wobegon-effect 5. https://www.forbes.com/sites/biancabarratt/2018/10/28/the-microaggressions-still-prevalent-in-the-workplace/#39da1d489c3b 6. https://www.bustle.com/articles/136319-6-subtle-forms-of-mansplaining-that-women-encounter-each-day 7. http://mattwallaert.com/ 8. https://getraised.com/ 9. https://www.prjorgensen.com/?p=2705