That's What She Said Quotes

“A bigger hurdle, once we drill down into it, is the basic assumption that underlies the pipeline theory: that we are fair in the first place.”
― Joanne Lipman, That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) about Working Together

“Women who self-promote are considered more competent than those who don’t, but commanding that respect comes at a steep price: people don’t like them.”
― Joanne Lipman, That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together – A Practical Solutions Guide for Achieving Gender Parity and Transforming Culture

“Thomas-Hunt’s research had shown that if we believe everybody is biased, we will be too. But the research also demonstrated the reverse: if we believe that everyone around us is trying hard to fight against those stereotypes and prejudices, we’ll do the same. Call it peer pressure, or call it a pack mentality. Whatever it is, it works. Our own biases disappear.”
― Joanne Lipman, That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together – A Practical Solutions Guide for Achieving Gender Parity and Transforming Culture

“One study found that women with blond hair earn 7 percent more than brunettes. Women who wear makeup get better jobs and quicker promotions. Thin women outearn heavier women; white women who are overweight pay a financial penalty of a 12 percent drop in their wealth.......

The average woman spends $15,000 on cosmetics alone during her lifetime.”
― Joanne Lipman, That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) about Working Together

“1. Interrupt the interrupters.....

If a woman is cut off in conversation, cut off the interruptor: 'Olivia was speaking. Let's let her finish her thought first.”
― Joanne Lipman, That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) about Working Together

“Three separate studies found that when professional men get angry in a work context, they are accorded greater respect by others. But when women get angry, they receive less respect.”
― Joanne Lipman, That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together – A Practical Solutions Guide for Achieving Gender Parity and Transforming Culture

“study published in 2014, scientists concluded that more people die in hurricanes named for women then men—because we take “female” hurricanes less seriously.”
― Joanne Lipman, That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together – A Practical Solutions Guide for Achieving Gender Parity and Transforming Culture

“Social scientists have calculated that a woman must be two and a half times more competent than a man to be viewed as his equal.”
― Joanne Lipman, That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together – A Practical Solutions Guide for Achieving Gender Parity and Transforming Culture

“In part that’s because men get promoted on the basis of their potential, but women are promoted only if they’ve proven themselves with past performance.”
― Joanne Lipman, That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together – A Practical Solutions Guide for Achieving Gender Parity and Transforming Culture

“a recent Pew survey found that the majority of men believe obstacles to women’s success “are largely gone,” while the majority of women believe “significant obstacles” are still in the way.”
― Joanne Lipman, That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together – A Practical Solutions Guide for Achieving Gender Parity and Transforming Culture

“In 2010, Iceland banned strip clubs. It announced a plan to crack down on hard-core Internet pornography. A woman was named for the the first time as the head of the Church of Iceland.”
― Joanne Lipman, That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) about Working Together

“It doesn't matter how much companies talk about equality and inclusiveness. What matters are the incentives it creates for employees. Those incentives speak louder than any speeches by the CEO, or bias training workshops, or posters on a wall.”
― Joanne Lipman, That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) about Working Together

“And you can't get rid of your own unconscious bias, no matter how hard you try. Scientists have investigated all sorts of interventions, without success.”
― Joanne Lipman, That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) about Working Together

“The hit to men's self-esteem is made worse because men consistently view themselves as smarter and more competent than they actually are. One study found that men routinely overestimate their IQ by five points, while women underestimate theirs by the same amount.....Let's be absolutely clear on this: The men weren't lying. They truly believed that they performed better than they actually did. They were quite confident that their performance was superior. It can be devastating, then, to be faced with a woman who is more successful--implicitly suggesting the man has failed.”
― Joanne Lipman, That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) about Working Together

“Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund, said that in a meeting, when a woman speaks, 'many of the male board members start to withdraw physically, they start to look at their papers, to look at the floor...and you need to disrupt that.' she doesn't hesitate to call them out on it: 'When you're the chair, you say, "Somebody's talking. You should be listening.”
― Joanne Lipman, That's What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) about Working Together