Women Don't Ask

The groundbreaking classic that explores how women can and should negotiate for parity in their workplaces, homes, and beyond

When Linda Babcock wanted to know why male graduate students were teaching their own courses while female students were always assigned as assistants, her dean said: More men ask. The women just don't ask. Drawing on psychology, sociology, economics, and organizational behavior as well as dozens of interviews with men and women in different fields and at all stages in their careers, Women Don't Ask explores how our institutions, child-rearing practices, and implicit assumptions discourage women from asking for the opportunities and resources that they have earned and deserve--perpetuating inequalities that are fundamentally unfair and economically unsound. Women Don't Ask tells women how to ask, and why they should.

Clasicul revolutionar care exploreaza modul in care femeile pot si ar trebui sa negocieze pentru paritate la locurile lor de munca, acasa si nu numai. Cand Linda Babcock a vrut sa stie de ce studentii absolventi de sex masculin predau propriile cursuri, in timp ce studentii erau intotdeauna desemnati ca asistenti, decanul ei a spus: Mai multi barbati cere. Femeile pur si simplu nu intreaba.