This excellent illustration, “The hostile obstacle course that #women & BIPOC have to endure in academia” is making the rounds again & it’s always worth resharing.
Also, this applies to far, far more than careers in #science. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-021-00868-0
@Sheril One of the things I heard a lot of was that women are 'too emotional' to be leaders, or in positions of responsibility. I can't tell you how many times I had to sit in a meeting with my rational poker face while the men who were my "superiors" yelled and banged the table because things were not going the way that they wanted.
@Nichelle I could not agree more. In my experience, male coworkers are far more likely to let their emotions get the best of them, usually anger or frustration. I find the notion that women are "too emotional" at work ridiculous.
The only context where I've (anecdotally) found female coworkers to be more likely to get visibly emotional is when they're being praised for their performance, and I don't see that as a bad thing. That may also reflect the rarity of such praise.
