Comments on: 2010 Gender Equality is Here, and Other Media Myths that Keep Unconscious Bias Alive

By: Lynn Harris

Lynn Harris — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:08:57 +0000

Great article – couldn’t agree more. See Unwritten Rules: What Women Need To Know About Leading In Today’s Organizations (http://www.amazon.com/Unwritten-Rules-Leading-Todays-Organizations/dp/1439262713/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1260286029&sr=1-1) for more on why there aren’t more women at the top and what women can do to empower themselves within male corporate leadership cultures.

By: Shannon Bettis

Shannon Bettis — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:19:43 +0000

Nicki-
I was told yesterday about this website, and visited this morning to review a VERY insightful column by you. Your perspective is affirming, and refreshing.
Keep up the good work.

By: Joyce M Sullivan

Joyce M Sullivan — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 18:15:10 +0000

Nicki,

Two hurrahs for you!
First for treating every week to your new weekly column. Yours is a voice which is insightful, refreshing and fun (yes, fun!) to hear. I look forward to next week’s column already.

Second, though not far behind #1, thanks for sharing your insight in this excellent piece. I’ll be tweeting it out to my followers shortly and expect to see multiple retweets following!

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Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:08:29 +0000

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By: Veronica Akinyemi

Veronica Akinyemi — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:09:19 +0000

Nicki this is a fantastic article. You have put into words what many working mothers are thinking.

By: Nicki Gilmour

Nicki Gilmour — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:33:42 +0000

marjorie
i agree, i normally love the economist and was excited to see that they had chosen to tackle this topic, 5 lines into reading the piece, I considered cancelling my sub!

By: Marjorie Wilner

Marjorie Wilner — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 14:47:27 +0000

I am an avid reader of The Economist, but this week’s issue really had me questioning my commitment. I can’t count the number of times in my career that I’ve heard men trumpet how great things are for women in the workplace. I heard it in the ’80s, the ’90s and throughout the last decade – and on Wall Street, no less. Man rarely seem to question their sacred ideal of the meritocracy — like how it actually functions in organizations dominated by men, or even how merit is defined — which is, in my view, exactly how we ended up flushing our economy down the toilet.

It seems that many business men, as well as a few journalists at The Economist, continue to blithely inhabit a very separate and privileged reality.

By: Terry Starr

Terry Starr — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:37:43 +0000

As a women in the workforce for over 30 years, 14+ of which as a working mother, I couldn’t agree more with your observations. Perhaps the Obama Administration can take a hard look at creating incentives for companies to create (fix) a culture that is built to support the working & return-to-the workforce mother, I’m not sure when, if ever, we will achieve true equality.

We have so many mothers in our community at MyWorkButterfly.com like me frustrated by the injustices and ready for change.

Thanks Nicki for focusing on this critical issue.

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Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:59:42 +0000

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By: Jane Sanders

Jane Sanders — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:33:24 +0000

Another purely excellent article! And not only because it reinforces and parallels my vision, principles, and philosophies. I had read the Economist article and was still steaming, waiting to respond until I could do so without sarcasm. Thank you for your comprehensive and well-thought out, professional post.