Women, advocate for yourself in 2025

As we reflect on this year and look forward to 2025, some key takeaways about the challenges facing women shared on this blog over the past 12 months, and some questions to help you plan to act with purpose. I would like to share. In 2025.

Second generation gender bias

Many of the barriers women face in the workplace are the result of norms formed in the past, when women were underrepresented in the workplace. Second generation gender bias^1-2 Perhaps it is having an impact when “the following practices are taking place.” sex“Neutrality can disadvantage women in invisible and unintended ways.”³ This includes meetings held early in the morning or late at night for men and women. career Lack of access to passes, networks and sponsors.⁴

“this bias Cultural assumptions, organizational structures, practices, and interaction patterns erect powerful but subtle and often invisible barriers against women, unintentionally benefiting men while putting women at a disadvantage. is pushing towards ” For example, women leaders often find themselves in a double bind due to the mismatch between traditionally feminine qualities (such as being warm-hearted) and the qualities considered necessary for a female leader. leadership (for example, positivity). If they excel in a male-dominated field, they are seen as less likable, but if they practice a traditionally feminine style, (they) may be liked but not respected. No.”⁴

• What kind of experience did you have? second generation gender What is the bias for 2024?

• How did these experiences go? Will it affect your career advancement?

• How will we act intentionally around this in 2025?

hermeneutic labor

Women in heterosexual relationships tend to be responsible for deeper types of relationships. emotional labor There you will be given the following tasks:

• interpret one’s own emotions
• interpret the feelings of others
• We bring these thoughts together and express them in a clean package.⁵

From a young age, men are often told not to talk about or express their emotions, especially when those expressions involve tears. These social norms can influence your entire relationship as an adult.

This can lead to an expectation that women need to act as “informal therapists for their male partners and their relationships,” which can lead to feelings of helplessness and dissatisfaction. This can cause women in such relationships to ruminate and become preoccupied with maintaining the relationship, which can lead to mental health problems such as: anxiety and depression.⁶

• What was your experience with hermeneutic birth in 2024?
  • how much time and thought Have you put effort into identifying your own emotions and your partner’s emotions and interpreting how those emotions are impacting your relationship?
• How did these experiences go? Does it affect your relationship?
• How will we act intentionally around this in 2025?
  • what can you do to have more open conversations With your partner?

imposter phenomenon

In 1978, Clans and Imes identified impostor feelings in a sample of high-achieving women. “Despite their excellent academic and professional accomplishments, women who experience the impostor phenomenon continue to believe that they are not really intelligent and are deceiving others who do not believe them. ” When someone doubts their abilities or feels undeserving of their accomplishments, the researchers asked them to record the positive feedback they received about their abilities and Encouraged them to identify ways to avoid accepting feedback.⁷

Examining the impostor phenomenon, Reshma Saujani said in her Smith College 2023 commencement address:⁸ He argued that it is not the fault of the individual experiencing it, but the system in which that person works. “It’s normal to feel like you don’t fit in when you don’t fit in.”

The society we live in has been structured and restructured over time to make many women feel the same way we do. less than Or a scammer. Saujani explained that even though the gender pay gap has remained largely unchanged over the past 20 years, women are being told they need to negotiate raises individually, and women are being told they need to negotiate raises individually. He said his idea was that each individual should negotiate to receive a fair wage, rather than having to pay a fair wage. system.

• What has been your experience with the impostor phenomenon in 2024?

• Which of these experiences can be described in the following ways? Systemic injustice?

• What do you do to get your act together? Do you have any plans for this in 2025?