๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐ก๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฃ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑโ๐๐ป๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ ๐จ๐ฆ๐ง ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐พ๐๐ถ๐๐
An article published last week by the co-founder and CEO of LeanIn.Org highlights some grim statistics about women in the workplaceโ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐น๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น.
For every 100 men promoted to manager in 2024, only 81 women received the same opportunity. Yet the data are clear: ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ผ๐๐. ๐ช๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐๐ธ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฟ ๐บ๐ฎ๐น๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ฒ๐.
So why are they still being passed over for advancement? There are only two possibilities:
๐ Either men are inherently more talented than women (which we ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ is not true),
๐ Or ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐๐๐ฒ๐บ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ฎ ๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐.
The problem isnโt capabilityโ๐ถ๐โ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ฐ๐๐น๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ผ๐, ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ. Women have to work harder to be seen as leaders, and when they assert themselves, theyโre often penalized for behavior thatโs seen as ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฃ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด in men but ๐ข๐จ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ท๐ฆ in women.
๐ And now, in the face of increasing anti-DEI sentiment, organizations are at risk of rolling back the hard-earned progress thatโs been made. ๐๐๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ถ๐๐ปโ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฑ๐ผโ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ. ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐น๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ, ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฝ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐ฎ๐ด๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป-๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
๐ก ๐ง๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐น๐ถ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ ๐ถ๐๐. In MotherMind, we support each other through ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ด, ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฝ, ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ป๐ด๐ณ๐๐น ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.
๐ ๐ช๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐ท๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒโ๐๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ต๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ, ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ, ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐๐น๐ ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐-๐ฏ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ.
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