Matthew Royal reviewed Feminist Fight Club by Jessica Bennett
Review of 'Feminist Fight Club' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
As a gay man, I sometimes feel like I don't have a dog in the fight between the sexes, but this book raised my awareness of the things people do in offices -- overly, covertly, and ignorantly -- to marginalize people based on characteristics other than abilities and performance. Definitely I identify with covert discrimination: did I get passed over or treated shittily because of someone's unspoken prejudice?
This book is great for allies of women, to understand what you can do to help your office recognize and grow talent by 1) giving you bias detection tools that help you make decisions unobscured by sexist norms you take for granted, 2) speaking up in support of women's good ideas and making sure you or other men don't steal credit, 3) interrupt the Interrupters who talk over female colleagues.
I like that Jessica approaches problems from 2 directions: things that women …
As a gay man, I sometimes feel like I don't have a dog in the fight between the sexes, but this book raised my awareness of the things people do in offices -- overly, covertly, and ignorantly -- to marginalize people based on characteristics other than abilities and performance. Definitely I identify with covert discrimination: did I get passed over or treated shittily because of someone's unspoken prejudice?
This book is great for allies of women, to understand what you can do to help your office recognize and grow talent by 1) giving you bias detection tools that help you make decisions unobscured by sexist norms you take for granted, 2) speaking up in support of women's good ideas and making sure you or other men don't steal credit, 3) interrupt the Interrupters who talk over female colleagues.
I like that Jessica approaches problems from 2 directions: things that women do that put themselves at a disadvantage in our corporate culture like deflecting credit or claiming they're lucky or not asking for raises, and raising everyone else's awareness about anti-women biases and attitudes that if you flipped them onto men would be unacceptable. This two-pronged approach is effective and eye opening.
