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39 votes
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US President Joe Biden just signed the largest executive order focused on women’s health
23 votes -
Denmark's tough laws on begging hit Roma women with few other options – the Roma minority are heavily discriminated against across Europe
21 votes -
On International Women's Day, Northern European countries stand out for women who are looking to develop their careers – Iceland secured the top spot
3 votes -
Denmark has pledged to put up more statues of women, with the country's culture minister saying the capital has “more statues of mythical beasts and horses”
12 votes -
UK academic’s Wikipedia project raises profile of women around the world
15 votes -
How a woman named “Steve” became one of Britain’s most celebrated IT pioneers, entrepreneurs, and philanthropists
13 votes -
Booktok and the hotgirlification of reading
19 votes -
Sweden has consistently reported some of the lowest rates of maternal and child mortality in the world – unfortunately these achievements don't extend to foreign-born mothers
15 votes -
I don't understand the appeal of referring to Men™ when you mean Shitty Men™, and I'd like to understand
It's something I've wondered about for a while, but I wasn't sure how to have a constructive conversation about it. For clarity's sake, I am talking about the common social-media post of a woman...
It's something I've wondered about for a while, but I wasn't sure how to have a constructive conversation about it. For clarity's sake, I am talking about the common social-media post of a woman talking about a terrible experience with a particular man or group of men and framing it around "Men are shitty". To be clear, I understand that is said in specific context and rarely does the person mean it literally. My question is about the appeal in the first place. As a personal example, I've been hurt by many women, but the idea of ever saying "Women are shitty." makes me feel mega-ick. So I'm genuinely curious to understand why some people find that kind of language cathartic or useful in some way?
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Families find ways around Taliban restrictions on girls’ education
15 votes -
The women who broke the silence about the terrifying organization that trapped and abused them during Spain’s dictatorship
8 votes -
OECD urges Denmark to address gender stereotypes in education and suggested introducing quotas to get more women in top management
5 votes -
A feminist manifesto
14 votes -
What would Sandra Day O’Connor have thought about affirmative action for men?
12 votes -
The dubious feminism of the natural childbirth movement
25 votes -
Who determines Kate Cox’s health care
22 votes -
How millennials learned to dread motherhood
50 votes -
Jezebel and the question of women’s anger
33 votes -
The eternal allure of Engagement Chicken: Feminist backlash and the food of marriage
21 votes -
Some call us ungrateful middle-class feminists – but this is why women went on strike in Iceland
26 votes -
90% of women in India are shut out of the workforce
21 votes -
Denmark leads the Women Peace and Security Index 2023/24, scoring more than three times higher than Afghanistan at the bottom of the scale
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Seeking advice: How have you navigated misogyny in the workplace?
After a recent incident I've had with a male colleague at work this past week, I feel lost and downtrodden on how to move forward in my career. I've experienced various forms of misogyny in most...
After a recent incident I've had with a male colleague at work this past week, I feel lost and downtrodden on how to move forward in my career. I've experienced various forms of misogyny in most roles I've held, but this has been the worst offense I've encountered. It honestly has me sick with stress and I feel so alone in how to handle it.
For context, I am often the only woman on meetings and regularly have to lead groups of all men. I've done this all throughout my career and have accepted it as a norm. While I have encountered issues in the past, never anything as egregious as what I dealt with the other day. I am often having to verify and source technical information to ensure project items are on track and this requires me to connect with various individuals. When some recent concerns were brought forward for an ongoing project, I was continually given the runaround by this male colleague. Due to days passing and the lack of cohesion for the issue of concern, I attempted to have a group discussion amongst the relevant folks.
This action sent that male colleague into an absolute rage of which I was the target. An action that I have regularly done for months without issue and is a run-of-the-mill thing for communication was misinterpreted by him. Instead he viewed it as an attack and ran to my lead to accuse me of running to higher-ups to assert he isn't doing his work properly; a completely opposite story from what I had done. This male colleague proceeded to yell at me like an abusive ex and is proceeding with excluding me out of important discussions. My lead is also male and due to this male colleague running to him first, he sided with him when I attempted to connect about how I was treated. When talking with both men to explain or try to understand their perspective, I was continually talked over, hushed, and essentially silenced into submission. I was told I am now a risk to team cohesion and that I am causing problems when I have been receiving nothing but praise from all others for my work.
I'm honestly so distraught from this experience and the lack of support from my lead. Each meeting with the male colleague that screamed at me has me on edge and I feel sick when determining how to get the answers I need for my work. Instead I am having to find a way to get placed on another project and the stress of sorting this with my company's HR. My confidence in my capabilities feels wounded and I am filled with anxiety now even when talking about topics I am familiar with. I am struggling to move past this and have the energy to find something better.
For those of you who have experienced similar misogyny in the workplace, how did you overcome incidents like these? How did you stop feeling so broken by how it affected you? I'm so worried about landing another project or job that will have these same issues and I really don't know if I can take being treated by men like this in the professional world anymore. How do you interview or gage a company to determine you won't encounter this again? I am so bitter of continually seeing men have this behavior, yet have been rewarded in their careers by being elevated to positions of authority. Any advice, sharing of wisdom, or any support would be greatly appreciated.
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PM Katrín Jakobsdóttir will take part in Iceland's first full-day womens strike in forty-eight years – calling for pay equality and action on gender-based violence
12 votes -
"Rabbit Test" by Samantha Mills
59 votes -
What happens when a woman chooses career dominance over her relationship
24 votes -
Woman denied medication for being of childbearing age
59 votes -
Is multiculturalism bad for women? (1997)
6 votes -
Harassment and abuse perceived to harm poor women less − new research finds a ‘thicker skin’ bias
16 votes -
Women less likely than men to be given CPR in public places, research finds
27 votes -
Women used to be more likely to vote Conservative than men but that all changed in 2017—UK research wants to find out why
17 votes -
In Spain, dozens of girls are reporting AI-generated nude photos of them being circulated at school: ‘My heart skipped a beat’
68 votes -
Poland's crusade against abortion investigates miscarriages, tests blood for evidence of abortion pills, created a national pregnancy registry
66 votes -
How Columbia ignored women, undermined prosecutors and protected a predator for more than twenty years
15 votes -
Eight in ten women married to men still take husband’s last name, survey finds
34 votes -
Battle over a recurrent French national obsession: How Muslim women should dress?
17 votes -
Thirty criticisms that hold women leaders back, according to new research
25 votes -
Abortions rose in most US states this year, new data shows
26 votes -
Female surgeons sexually assaulted while operating
38 votes -
Where have all the girlbosses gone?
20 votes -
New research debunks the gender pay gap myth that 'women don't ask'
33 votes -
The ordeal of Tigrayan women in Ethiopia: 'Whether you shout or not, no one is going to come and rescue you'
13 votes -
The unwanted Spanish soccer kiss is textbook male chauvinism. Don’t excuse it.
34 votes -
In Alabama, white tide rushes on
10 votes -
Recommendations for ENM apps for Bi women
Seeking recommendations for Ethical Non-Monogamy (ENM) apps for a bi gal like myself for cute dates with other women only? So far most of what I've tried have been very limited/one way...
Seeking recommendations for Ethical Non-Monogamy (ENM) apps for a bi gal like myself for cute dates with other women only?
So far most of what I've tried have been very limited/one way interactions (unsure if people have forgotten how to ask questions!?). ONLY SEEKING FOR SELF, NO UNICORNS/NOT A UNICORN. Sorry just had to make that clear....
Any recommendations would be appreciated! PS am Au based not USA...
14 votes -
The women’s recession is officially over — but not everyone has recovered equally
10 votes -
To mark the 1920 ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment to the US Constitution, activist Crystal Eastman described the path to full freedom for American women
15 votes -
Women working in Antarctica say they were left to fend for themselves against sexual harassers
50 votes -
The day women shut down Iceland
8 votes