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Toxic Masculinity- why men need feminism too

Many people (especially men) don’t identify with the word FEMINISM because they see it as the opposite of SEXISM; they believe feminists promote the superiority of women over men and that it is a movement from which only women can benefit. To be fair, in the previous articles we talked about what feminism can doContinue reading “Toxic Masculinity- why men need feminism too”

GENDER QUOTAS- why companies need them

To better understand the need to impose gender quotas, you can read our article regarding the concept of GLASS CEILING (https://feminismatwork.business.blog/2020/02/17/lets-break-that-glass-ceiling/(opens in a new tab)). We can summarize it by saying that for women it’s more difficult to climb the career ladder due to the discriminations they face on the workplace. Consequently Governments decided toContinue reading “GENDER QUOTAS- why companies need them”

Let’s BREAK that Glass Ceiling

We talk about GLASS CEILING every time we find ourselves in a situation where power roles are reserved for men. In most organizations, the more we go up, the less women we find. It is as if women had a transparent ceiling over their heads that prevents them from advancing in their careers beyond a certain level. It is an invisible ceiling because thereContinue reading “Let’s BREAK that Glass Ceiling”

Mansplaining: a brief guide on how to recognize and AVOID IT

First of all, let’s start with the definition of this word: MANSPLAINING comes from the union of “man” and “explaining”, and it was coined in 2008 thanks to Rebecca Solnit’s book “Men explain things to me”. This term is used to indicate the habit that some men have of explaining to women things that they already know. We areContinue reading “Mansplaining: a brief guide on how to recognize and AVOID IT”