Women and discrimination: a long way to go
Another form of discrimination at the workplace is the one related to religious symbols. As regards the EU, a minority of Member States have national, regional and/or local legal prohibitions relating to the wearing of (some forms of) religious clothing and symbols at work in public and/or private employment, in other areas or even in…
Different Culture – Different Dresscode ?!?!
We’ve already focused on DRESSCODE (link) as well as on DIFFERENT CULTURES (https://feminismatwork.business.blog/?p=223) , but it can also be difficult to combine both. When colaborating with foreign companies, you will always be confronted with different cultures and it is important to adapt to those cultures. BUT make sure that it is the RIGHT way of…
Different CULTURE – Different SITUATION
In the UK Feminism is quiet strong developed and understood, but business is international. Sooner or later every international company is confronted with different cultures and within this it is confronted with a different image and behaviour towards women. Make sure you protect your female employees and support them NOT ONLY in your home country.…
BEYOND FAT SHAMING. LET’S PROMOTE BODY POSITIVITY.
It’s not a joke, but just the result of research: the sizes we wear (yes, the ones of clothes) have an impact on the wage gap. This time at the center of the controversy over women and work there’s not (only) the gender pay gap. Whether you’re male or female, the problem this time seems…
Don’t STRESS, just DRESS – Dresscode
The DRESSCODE in a company is always a difficult topic, but it is a MUST care topic. It seems like nowadays there are no differences between male and female dresscode. BUT when it comes to High Heels vs. Flat shoes, Bras and Skirts, we suddenly see that woman are in a more difficult situation. See…
I’m NOT your Darling!!! – Women in Customer service
Women in customerservice positions often have to suffer from sexualisation. They are often not taken serious and get flirted with. Often they are called sexualised and indiscreet nicknames like missy, darling, baby …. This phenomenon is often seen with waitresses, flight attendants, service desk employees and so on. Those situations are very uncomfortable and offensive…
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 do…
Woman’s Beauty is Men’s Weakness, NOT Women’s Fault
DRESSCODE – THE BRA Next to the regular dresscode, there are also “hidden Dresscode-Expectations”. As an example most woman wear a BRA at work, not because a public dresscode description sees a bra as a requirement, but because they are afraid that NOT WEARING A BRA could be seen as unprofessional, sexualising or even offending.…
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 to…
Do 90% matter as much as 1%?
Are 90 % of your employees female? If yes, then you NEED to be a feminist company, obviously. Now, a different scenario: What if the 90% are actually male? In that case, is it still a necessity to be a “feminist-oriented” organization? OBVIOUSLY! Against all math rules and norms, 1% matters as much 90% when…
If it’s unwanted, it’s HARASSMENT
According to recent statistics, unfortunately, the working environment continues to be the place where a woman could find herself having to deal with directed sexual harassment and quid-pro-quo harassment. But what is meant by sexual harassment? ‘Sexual harassment’ is any form of unwelcome sexual behaviour that is OFFENSIVE, HUMILIATING or INTIMIDATING. What is important is…
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 there…
Recruit TALENT not GENDER!
SMART Interview- and Recruitingprocess It is extremely difficult to guarantee a fair and objective Recruiting process, simply because it is not natural for humans to make completely fair and objective decisions. And sadly it is a fact that very often WOMEN suffer from this SUBJECTIVE point of view and have a lower chance to get…
Say NO to Ageism!
As a forward-looking, progressive boss you want to create and manage a workplace where the employees are always inspired and motivated, where women do not feel discriminated but powerful and respected. But are you sure that you know all the reasons of women’s poor experiences at a workplace? It might come as a surprise to…
CEO: Male vs. Female approach
“I was working at Tumblr at the time. I’d been hired along with another editor; we would be co-editors, I was told. Which was sort of true, except that I had accepted the job before we had finalised my title. I was informed, casually, that he’d chosen the title of editor-in-chief. As in: the highest…
GENDER PAY GAP: WHAT IT IS AND HOW TO “FIX” IT
The gender pay (or wage) gap is the PAY DISPARITY between men and women expressed as a percentage of male earnings. Often the pay gap is presented as the average difference between men and women’s median earnings in a given year. This summary statistic is considered the RAW, or unadjusted gender pay gap because it…
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 are…
Don’t be DUMMY, Support the Mummy! BUT be not BADDY, Think first ’bout Daddy!
Maternity and Paternity leave – Is a must care topic!! The trouble starts already when recruiters choose Man over Woman, because of the fear of losing the woman’s working hours during the Maternity leave. But as a smart and responsible organisation you must be able to not be biased by this.Start NOW! And make clear…
“What to know before we go”
Using the right “lens” Women’s issues in the workplace are often marginalized and disregarded since they are not considered as business issues. This is the first mistake that a serious manager can make. In fact the first step to understand and take advantage of feminist values is changing the lens through which we observe this…
Feminism at Work
This website was created as a project for the Digital Marketing course at ESC Clermont-Ferrand in 2020, by Francesca Trento, Anna Zavan, Celine Landgraf, Aysha Muminova and Camillo Staniscia
Feminism at the Workplace 