Advancing Women Podcast

Second Generation Gender Bias

This episode focuses on Second Generation Gender Bias. Gender Bias is a heavy load for women wanting to advance to carry and transcend. Although things have improved over the past few decades’ women are still experiencing bias and discrimination that is often more difficult to see on the surface. The narrative surrounding leadership and what defines an ideal leader is deeply gender biased.

This episode addresses the most common barriers ambitious warrior women report experiencing as they navigate the professional pipeline to advancement.

Have you ever felt like you constantly must prove yourself, prove your competency and value repeatedly? Like your mistakes are judged more harshly than your male counterparts. Learn more about this Prove it Again Bias is this episode.

Do you sometimes feel like the criteria outlined to help you advance keeps shifting? No matter what hoops you jump through, it feels like the rules keep changing. Learn more about this Casuistic Bias.

If you have ever felt frustrated by the question “how do you balance family and work” when your male counterparts NEVER have to answer that question? This episode addresses the “motherhood penalty” and Maternal Wall Bias.

Is the stress of trying to balance being seen as both likeable AND competent something that frustrates you? Where if you behave in more stereotypically masculine ways, you feel like people don’t like you as much, but when you behave in more stereotypically feminine ways, people don’t see you as a leader. That disheartening feeling that you must choose between either being seen as a nice person who is there to support others or being seen as a “bitch”. This is the Tightrope Bias!

Finally, as warriors we know intuitively that together we rise and thrive, so why do we keep hearing about Queen Bee’s and other narratives that suggest women do not support other women? That is the Tug of War Bias.

Understanding these biases helps us see the reality of the problems we are encountering so we can create more meaningful and effective strategies for transcending those barriers and interrupting those patterns of bias.

It’s Not Your Fault but It Is Your Problem

This episode focuses on women’s experiences navigating advancement and the leadership pipeline. It tackles the barriers and beliefs that keep talented, ambitious women from advancing to positions of influence, power, pay, and prestige.

Why do highly qualified, high-performing, driven women, despite tirelessly implementing a host of advancement strategies, still often feel stuck? If you have followed all the advice, and still are not seeing the outcomes you desire and deserve, this episode is for you.

In this episode “It’s not your fault but it is your problem” we answer these questions covering several key topics including Gender Equity, Gender Norms, Stereotypes, Biases and Barriers and the False Dilemma Fallacy.

It is the anecdote to the steady diet of fix the women, fix the problem we here too often. You are neither broken, nor defective - you do not need to be fixed!

In this episode we balance empathy meets pragmatism. We need to understand and advocate against inequity, but we also need practical solutions to ensure we have the right mindset, skillset, and toolset to advance, thrive and transcend barriers.

Empathy – it is not your fault, Pragmatism – but it is your problem! This episode is about helping women transcend barriers and claim their rightful seat at the table.