According to recent research, the IT sector may be a better career choice for women than it appears at first glance. So why are less women entering the field and record numbers of women leaving it? Society doesn’t really seem to encourage women to study or excel at maths or science. And if less women ...
Despite occasionally smoking cigars, I’m not a board member. Is that because I don’t want to be, or because the boys won’t let me have my own leather chair? According to the Canadian Board Diversity Council (CBDC) report released yesterday, women account for only 6.6 to 20 percent of board members in Canada. The CBDC ...
Did you ever think a dictionary could be sexist? JennieSue tells us why some words just shouldn’t exist. As of this month, “Mumpreneur” has officially made it into the Collins dictionary. It’s always been a word that makes me really angry, but actually adding it to the dictionary, giving it the official “this is an ...
Australian businesswomen are attempting to blame their lack of climb up the success ladder on a lack of nannies. Wait, what?! Okay. I get their anger with the business world. For starters, there is only 16.4 percent women on Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) 100 boards and only 68 boards with women on the ASX 200 ...
We know that men like sexy women, pretty faces, nice boobies, curvy figures, and beautiful hair. They also tend to be bosses and attain higher positions within businesses over women. So, do we use what we know to get ourselves ahead? Samantha Brick seems to think so. “If I had a choice of how to ...
We’ve all seen that person who, upon stepping into a working mother’s house for dinner, marvels at the cleanliness of it all, how well her kids are behaving and how tasty the home-cooked dinner is, and asks, “How did you do it? With work and your children, you’re Superwoman!?” Even if she has a husband, ...
It’s not uncommon now for women to reach the top echelons of companies and large corporations, but the scale still tips in men’s favour. In South Africa the Gender Equality Bill is attempting to even the playing field by making sure women have half the top jobs. Women’s Minister Lulu Xingwana is strongly backing the ...
The print journalism industry is definitely changing: the New York Times appointed its new Executive Editor and for the first time in the prestigious paper’s history, it’s a woman! Jill Abramson, 57, who became managing editor in 2003 after being the Washington Bureau Chief for three years, will take over the top position at the ...
We often hear talk of women breaking through the glass ceiling, of achieving complete equality with men, of no longer requiring feminism. But a recent study shows that despite women getting the same education as men, and quite often kicking their butts at it, when women enter the workforce they’re still being paid less. Females ...
Power plays a larger role in adultery than gender, a new study has shown. Putting the probability of extra-marital activity down to confidence, researchers say women with powerful jobs are just as likely to stray sexually as their male counterparts. Previous studies suggested gender was the key factor in infidelity but it seems this isn’t ...
We need a new car. Our current one is pretty old (though it works ok) but for boring administrative...
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There has been an upswing in royal fever on both sides of the Atlantic since last April. When Kate...
Dear Madame X, I know you say that it’s not good to fake your orgasms, but what if you...
It is one of the oldest institutions in the world. Most humans are actively engaged in it as I...
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Usually getting fired is a bad thing. But, somehow, this woman is happy about it. Can you imagine...
