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This post originally appeared in WHY DOESN’T HE HELP WITH HOUSEWORK? MAYBE IT’S YOU on Sep 7, 2017
It’s an age-old complaint: men don’t do their share of housework and child care. But maybe it’s not just because they won’t. Maybe it’s because women resist it. Sounds like an old Phyllis Schlafley idea (Google it, kids). We women work hard and we want men to help pull the domestic weight. But consultant Lisa D’Annolfo Levey, a national advocate …
This post originally appeared in Huffington Post on Mar 28, 2017
Women have earned the majority of bachelor’s and master’s degrees for more than 30 years. They’ve represented over 40% of law school and medical school graduates for more than two decades. Women are the majority of the management and professional workforce in the U.S. Yet, they account for only 25% of senior-level officials in the Fortune 500, 27% of state …
This post originally appeared in The Good Men Project on Mar 9, 2017
How gender equality affects their children, their workplaces, and a man’s mate. I’ve had the good fortune to see the many ways in which gender equality is good for men through my consulting, my research, and in my own life. And I have also come to understand how loaded and confusing gender equality can be for men. At a presentation …
This post originally appeared in Huffington Post on Oct 14, 2016
Madame President or Mrs. President, which should it be? We are on the cusp of developing a whole new vocabulary for describing the first woman to be the leader of the free world yet, there has been strangely little focus on just how historic this is. I know I share the sentiment of so many women, and men, in saying …
This post originally appeared in The Good Men Project on Mar 1, 2017
Gender equality starts with the recognition that idealized roles—at work and at home—constrain us all. This four-part series on why gender equality is powerfully beneficial for men began with data. In comparison to men who share less equally with their partner or spouse in the care of their children, those men who are more involved: Are healthier, both mentally and …
This post originally appeared in The Good Men Project on Feb 22, 2017
Men’s experiences of and satisfaction with work and income This article is a follow-up to an earlier piece published on February 14th, Valentine’s Day. The central message was: Men in egalitarian marriages and relationships enjoy many benefits. This is not common knowledge. The article highlighted findings from a study of millennial fathers conducted by the Boston College Center for Work & Family, …
This post originally appeared in The Good Men Project on Feb 14, 2017
Research shows gender equality for men translates to greater career flexibility, more financial security, and more time for life outside of work. As Valentine’s Day approaches, many men feel pressure to send the flowers, buy the jewelry, arrange and pay for the nice dinner while you seem to hear much less about what women need to be doing ahead of …
This post originally appeared in Huffington Post on Nov 25, 2016
Every once in a while you come across someone who changes the way you think about the world. This amazing woman, this visionary leader, is one of those people. Imagine your 15 year old son – a terrific kid, a bookworm, a youth working to make his community a better place, a dreamer with the goal of being president someday …
This post originally appeared in Huffington Post on Sep 9, 2016
In early 2015, a subject heading caught my attention while I was scrolling through email. I clicked on the message to find an announcement for an international conference on masculinity being hosted that spring in New York City. The conference name, and the subject line, read Engaging Men and Boys for Gender Equality. I am a long-term diversity consultant, having …
This post originally appeared in Huffington Post on Jun 18, 2016
According to recent anthropological research, men played an active role in child care and egalitarianism ruled the day in the earliest human societies. It was with the advent of agriculture — and the ability to accumulate resources — that gendered roles began to take hold. Fast forward several thousand years and the struggle for gender equality persists. We have …
This post originally appeared in Huffington Post on Sep 18, 2015
Innovation is critical to business success yet does not come about by telling employees, “Be innovative!” or by asking employees, “What’s the new thing? The new product? The new discovery?” Instead innovation is facilitated by creating an environment that allows employees to imagine, to wrestle, to explore and to iterate. It results from providing opportunities to link nascent thoughts and …
This post originally appeared in Huffington Post on Jun 15, 2015
A few years ago at a wildlife center in Alaska, the naturalist told a group of us that the magnificent hawk perched on his arm was in ‘stealth mode’, hiding in plain sight. At a professional breakfast last week, the OnRamp Expo, sponsored by reacHIRE at Boston’s Innovation Center, I witnessed the same phenomena. Let me explain. I watched a group of …
This post originally appeared in Huffington Post on Apr 19, 2015
One of the most challenging aspects for those seeking to drive diversity progress in the business world is the slow rate of change. As an organizational consultant working with clients to create more inclusive work cultures and to “move the numbers,” I know how frustrating and discouraging this can feel at times I recently read a report, The Diversity Paradox: Capturing …
This post originally appeared in Huffington Post on Jan 2, 2015
Massachusetts is known for being in the vanguard on controversial issues. Same-sex marriage in 2004. Check. Health care reform in 2006. Check. Next up on the list: gender equity in the workplace. The drive to accelerate gender balance in the workplace is in the air in Massachusetts. Last fall I blogged about the Manbassadors, a group of male allies at …
This post originally appeared in Role/Reboot on Dec 19, 2014
U.S. women’s workforce participation has been on the decline since 1999. According to a recent New York Times story “Why U.S. Women are Leaving Jobs Behind,” Europeans countries—which have expanded family-friendly benefits such as paid parental leaves and protection for part-time workers—have witnessed an increase of mothers with children under 18 in the workforce. Alternately in the U.S., which remains anathema to such …
