According to a study by some scientists, academics, researchers and other big brains: the double standard at work is alive and well in 2011.
Are you back on your chair? Do I need to find the smelling salts? Shocking, I know!
Here are the highlights:
- Men get paid more than women.
- “Disagreeable” men get paid most of all.
- Agreeable women are paid the least and are considered “pushovers.”
- Tougher women are considered b*tches and worse?! I don’t believe it.
And, here is the kicker, there is no sign of it getting better.
Direct quote from Timothy Judge, a professor of management at the Mendoza College of Business at Notre Dame:
“If you’re a disagreeable man, you’re considered a tough negotiator. But, the perception is that if a woman is agreeable, she gets taken advantage of, and if she is disagreeable, she’s considered a control freak or ‘the B-word.'”
Wow. Just what I needed, another reason to wonder why the hell I even bother with this whole work thing. Well, for starters I’m raising boys right now and maybe I can help change the perceptions and attitudes of three men who will start hitting the workforce in the year 2026.
To read the whole depressing article, find it here on Huff Post Women: http://tinyurl.com/3qsykzt
