Does It Pay For Women To Use Humor At Work?
Humour is a staple part of any boardroom discussion, as viewers of the BBC's The Apprentice will know. But research reveals that, while men benefit fr...
Humour is a staple part of any boardroom discussion, as viewers of the BBC's The Apprentice will know. But research reveals that, while men benefit fr...
Fast Company | Posted 05.14.2012
While chatting with a business colleague yesterday, she made a statement that I hear all too often from my female friends. As an independent contracto...
Forbes Woman | Posted 05.11.2012
The Defense Department recently announced new policies that will open more than 14,000 military job opportunities to women. Which seems like a great s...
Anushay Hossain | Posted 05.08.2012
In the wee hours of the night, as my cat snores loudly at my feet, I decorate the dream house that I so badly want down to the last corridor carpet. I collect pins of cities I cannot wait to see.
Stewart J. Lawrence | Posted 05.07.2012
Mitt Romney's wife Ann may not be the only "secret weapon" the GOP's presumptive nominee is planning to deploy this fall to try to surmount his embarrassing double-digit gender gap with President Obama among women voters.
Salon | Posted 05.03.2012
It's one of the biggest online success stories of the decade, attracting a staggering 10 million monthly uniques faster than any site in history. But ...
Barbara Lee | Posted 05.02.2012
This year has the potential to be a significant one for women in the Senate: 2012 has the highest number of incumbent women up for re-election and plenty of women working to break into the historically male-dominated body.
Anika Rahman | Posted 04.26.2012
In this election year, women are being thrust into the political debate and openly attacked as if we were a single hot-button issue like gun rights or fracking.
Sam Bennett | Posted 04.23.2012
Women can't ignore the fact that money, along with voting and volunteering, is critical to leveling the playing field between men and women in politics.
Rep. Jackie Speier | Posted 04.17.2012
There is cruel irony in having Equal Pay Day fall on Tax Day. Women and men share the responsibility of paying taxes, but there is no sharing when it comes to receiving equal pay for comparable work.
Soraya Chemaly | Posted 04.13.2012
What I am not hearing anyone say loudly and clearly in this Rosen/Romney snafu is that women's ability -- not desire or choice -- to take part in the economy is based on her freedom to make reproductive decisions.
Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 04.13.2012
I'll bet you do. That's right: you, over there. The one who just fished a shirt to wear to work out of the pile of dirty clothes on your bedroom floor.
Forbes Woman | Posted 04.12.2012
In the last episode of Mad Men, Peggy is asked to work through the weekend on a copywriting project for a client. Roger, ever the acerbic piranha, ...
Jason Stanford | Posted 04.09.2012
Don Draper must be giving sensitivity training to the Republican Party these days as they deal with the fallout from the war on women.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jennifer Bendery | Posted 04.06.2012
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama vowed on Friday to continue making economic security for women a priority and touted a new report that showcases ...
HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.03.2012
WASHINGTON -- Democrats think the recent surge of women voters backing President Barack Obama could be opening up a fresh gender gap that will yield d...
The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 04.02.2012
Women still aren't making it to the top of the ladder. Male chief financial officers in the U.S. get paid 16 percent more on average than their fe...
Margie Omero | Posted 04.02.2012
Polling released today confirms recent Republican missteps threaten to damage them with voters of both genders. While women are more interested in the issue, both men and women disagree with Santorum's and Romney's position.
HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.29.2012
Every day, more of America's older women reach retirement age -- and then struggle to pay for the simplest things. Among all women in the United St...
The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 03.29.2012
If the worst-kept secret on Capitol Hill is that top lobbying groups actually control the show, then the best-kept secret is that the whizzes behind t...
Sabrina Schaeffer | Posted 05.21.2012
Is passing legislation all that matters? Or should we focus -- as our Founding Fathers did -- on the principles being advanced?
Dominic Carter | Posted 05.21.2012
Another problem, as the moderate Romney tries to move back towards the middle to compete in battleground states and for independent voters, how does he get away from the "far right" hole he has deeply dug for himself?
Posted 03.19.2012
The main proposition of Liza Mundy's new book "The Richer Sex," excerpted in TIME this week and on sale March 20, is that women will ultimately become...
Posted 03.19.2012
We’ve heard a lot about the downfall of marriage lately; less than half of adults in the U.S. are married, according to the latest 2011 PEW Study. ...
The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 03.19.2012
Wall Street is one place where it pays to be a guy. For people in financial-sector jobs -- such as insurance agents, security sales agents, financi...
The Guardian | Posted 05.21.2012