Men and NWEuro women, especially have a problem with seeing Women of Color as authority figures. I grew up *in* San Francisco, educated by queer, feminist, hippie public school teachers, so I was raised in an ideological bubble. Hitting the real world, especially founding my first corporation at age 18 and going into the working worlds of philanthropy (so extremely NWEuro “white”), law, media, and combat sports (so completely male-dominated), has been a constant battle between what I know is right and the way things actually are.
I have learned, through decades of feedback, that the majority of the world refuses to see me the way I see myself. That is exactly why I have stayed in media: To tell my own story from my perspective and to own it.
It might take more than a century for the rest of the USA to reach gender-equality in the Chief-suite, but on my planet I have been there since I was 18 years old, because I went down to the Secretary of State and the Feds and I made it my self.
Perceive me as non-aggressive and non-ambitious if that’s how you want to delude yourself. I know exactly who I am.
“Turns out, more people think women are smarter and more compassionate than they did 70 years ago.”From 1946 to 2018, the percentage of survey respondents who thought men and women were equally intelligent increased from 35% to 86%. Even those who found there to be a difference in intelligence among genders have shifted their views. In 1946, more respondents thought men were more competent than women. In 2018, more respondents thought women were more competent than men.
“In the U.S., people have also come to view women as more emphatic and sensitive than men over time, but most still view men as the more ambitious and aggressive sex. Respondents generally agreed with these views regardless of demographic differences, such as gender, race, age, and ethnicity, among other variables.
“Eagly, the lead author, noted in a press release that the shift in competence and compassion can benefit women in the workplace because jobs require proficiency and favor social skills. However, she added, the lack of change in agency puts women at a disadvantage when it comes to leadership positions, which tend to select for this perceived quality.
“That might be why women are 15% less likely than men to get promoted, reported BI’s Shana Lebowitz, citing a report by LeanIn.Org and McKinsey & Co. At this rate, say those researchers, it’ll take more than a century to achieve gender parity in the C-suite.”
