I have always dreaded being shackled to one or many male collaborators in work groups. The "ideas men" might proffer a few halfhearted ideas to begin group work, but would then almost immediately wall themselves off into bored, resolutely non-contributing sullenness or guffawing cliques. And I and the other women participants were forced to muscle on and, of course, do the group's documentary work, since apparently playing secretary naturally falls to our lot.
Thank heavens I am retired. I wish younger women well.
Will naming the effect change anything? Let's hope so
Probably not but it links it to a longstanding problem that everyone can see is not going away.
I have always dreaded being shackled to one or many male collaborators in work groups. The "ideas men" might proffer a few halfhearted ideas to begin group work, but would then almost immediately wall themselves off into bored, resolutely non-contributing sullenness or guffawing cliques. And I and the other women participants were forced to muscle on and, of course, do the group's documentary work, since apparently playing secretary naturally falls to our lot.
Thank heavens I am retired. I wish younger women well.
That's the challenge; younger women that is. Thanks for sharing your experience, and enjoy your retirement, you've earned it!