The Broadsheet is an amazing newsletter that highlights the most topical issues related to women in a daily email. It’s a must-read for the most up-to-date issues about women in the workplace, politics, and entertainment. Today the lead story is about the nature of sexual harassment in the workforce as it relates to power dynamics and focuses two opinion pieces from Sheryl Sandberg and Sallie Krawcheck. Here’s the gist:
“Both women are advocating for the same solution to the on-going sexual harassment epidemic: get more women in power.That, of course, is much easier said than done. The gender gap at the top of corporate America—just 5% of Fortune 500 CEOs are female—is the result of a confluence of sociocultural factors (women as primary caretakers, implicit biases against women leaders, lack of paid family leave, absence of role models, etc.) And yet, while it’s unlikely that we’ll solve all of those in the next decade, it is heartening to know that the few women who are at the top are pushing to get more of us up there with them.“
The Second Shift agrees–that’s why we created the company! We are an actionable solution to keep more women in the workplace. Creating the opportunity is our main focus– getting our members job to keep them going during times that they need to step away from the climb. We are happy to work with companies like Microsoft to make the goal of cracking that 5% a reality. Talk is talk– providing jobs for women is an incredibly important way to walk the walk.
