Women Discussions

Women as Allies Across Difference

Conversations about women and bias often focus on a binary dynamic: the relationship between men—who historically have been in positions of authority and influence in professional environments, and women—who are often navigating the workplace with the additional burden of having to overcome gendered assumptions informed by bias, conscious or not, about their aptitude and leadership …

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Sorry! Not Sorry? A Colloquy

Eighth-year associate Amanda Bartlett and first-year associate Kate Saba recall an email exchange discussing the gender politics around women apologizing at work. Amanda Bartlett (Eighth-year associate, Litigation Department): Kate–Remember that time I laid into you about over-apologizing when you hadn’t done anything wrong, you pushed back, and we ended up with “Let’s write an article about …

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Talk the Talk

Several recent articles have focused on the way women talk – specifically that we too frequently use words like “just,” “actually” and “sorry” in the workplace. There is a new Chrome app dedicated to tracking these phrases, which are described in a Slate article as “self-demeaning.” These so-called self-demeaning phrases came into focus for me as a junior associate. I had …

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