Just wanted to make you aware of an excellent article in Forbes about gender-based unconscious bias and its impact on sustainability. Really good stuff here, of which, in this age of potential polarizations on many fronts, is great to be aware. A similar dynamic exists in how Male Allies are regarded in a tool called the Stereotype Content Model that measures how society perceives demographics in terms of Warmth and Competence. Male Allies turn out to be High Warmth but Low Competence, which puts them in the same bucket/quadrant that is characterized as folks people “pity”: housewives, social workers, and to some degree, teachers. For those of you who have seen me present, this is a reason why I have that slide titled “So, Lawler, you’re a dude, right?”
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