6 different ways that women are marginalized at work—and how they can respond
First, women described feeling separated or being singled out from others at work based on their gender. Separation can be physical or informational . One woman described an unspoken norm in her office where women all sat on one side of the open-format office and men sat on the other, without having any assigned work areas. Several women described men whispering in their presence or walking into a room full of male colleagues that quickly quieted.
Many women in our study chose a fourth option: To take no action. Sometimes they did nothing because they chalked the disrespectful behavior up to “boys will be boys” or “that’s just the way it is.” Other times, they knew that reporting the event to a supervisor would do no good and instead may cause harm to their own careers. Taking no action was by far the most common response of women in our study. Their reasons for “doing nothing” were far from simple.
What types of marginalizing communication have you experienced at work? How did you respond? What was the ultimate outcome? Did your organization or co-worker change?Dorrance Hall, E., Gettings, P. . “Who is this little girl they hired to work here?”: Women’s experiences of marginalizing communication in male-dominated workplaces. Communication Monographs. https://doi.org/10.1080/03637751.2020.
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