There have been a few quality articles written recently about a topic close to my heart – the place of men in the modern workplace. In this blog, I intend to do two things. Firstly, I want to provide you with links to them so you can read them at your leisure, and a summary of what they’re about. Read more…
Do you think like a man or like a women when it comes to work? One way to find out is to examine your attitude towards pay.
According to Marilyn Davidson – professor of work psychology at Manchester Business School – men get more pay in the workplace than women because they expect it, they ask for it, and they (think they) deserve it.
If women want equal pay, they have to think in the same way as men. Read more…
I didn’t make this startling observation. A feminist called Camille Paglia did. Well, nearly. What she actually said was, “There is no female Mozart because there is no female Jack the Ripper.” Her point was that men are creatures of extremes, showing greater variation than women in matters as diverse as IQ, happiness and deviance.
This was the sort of insight I shared with my class of women last Saturday. They got it straight from the stallion’s mouth. It was a great day with plenty of frank views exchanged, stories shared, and a wicked humour revealed… Read more…
