Is It Too Cold to “Lean In”? Women In STEM

Etsy CTO Kellan Elliott-McCrea: “There’s a decent chance, based on their experience in industry, that your workplace is going to suck” for women, making it hard to recruit women and increase diversity. By Joan C. Williams (Author, The New...

Shame On Those Queen Bees?

An essay in The Wall Street Journal recycled a tired trope: “queen bees” in the office are making the lives of other women a living hell. By Joan C. Williams (Author, The New Girls’ Network) & Katherine Ullman (Program Associate, Center for...

Women Don’t Negotiate Because They’re Not Idiots

Women do better in situations with “low structural ambiguity”: where there is more information and lower uncertainty about the potential salary range and appropriate norms for negotiation. By Joan C. Williams (Author, The New Girls’ Network) If I...

Women Don't Negotiate Because They're Not Idiots

Women do better in situations with “low structural ambiguity”: where there is more information and lower uncertainty about the potential salary range and appropriate norms for negotiation. By Joan C. Williams (Author, The New Girls’ Network) If I...