Fed up of men being on top? Then take a risk and speak up! Writes JANET STREET-PORTER
10 years, 11 months ago

Fed up of men being on top? Then take a risk and speak up! Writes JANET STREET-PORTER

Daily Mail  

Fed up of men being on top? Forget sexism, men do well because they’re naturally more confident, whereas women’s low self-esteem means they worry too much about what others think. I’m proud to say the circulation went up 11 per cent during my tenure, but at board meetings the men would discuss rugby and cricket — and I would be bored to tears. She also couldn’t care less what people think about her grey hair — it’s her grey matter that makes her such a good presenter. At long last, loyal Archers’ listeners, numbed by the inane prattlings of village busybody Lynda Snell, were rewarded with a real bombshell — something none of us could have predicted.

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Women take on the ‘confidence gap’
10 years, 11 months ago

Women take on the ‘confidence gap’

Al Jazeera  

Alice Driver is a journalist and the author of 'More or Less Dead: Feminicide, Haunting, and the Ethics of Representation in Mexico'. “The Confidence Gap” by Katty Kay and Claire Shipman analyses why there is a confidence gap between men and women, and posits that women lag behind for several factors that range from the environment to differences in male …

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