Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men: Closing The Authority Gap with Mary Ann Sieghart

Meet Mary Ann Sieghart. She’s the former Assistant Editor of the Times, Ted speaker and author. She’s here to expose why women are not taken as seriously as men and show us how to close that gap for good. If you care about understanding and dismantling the biases that hold women back—and creating a more equal and fair world—this is an episode you can’t afford to miss.Timestamps:00:00 - Introduction02:55 - The Authority Gap in a Nutshell06:19 - Why do we Still Underestimate Women's Intelligence?08:51 - How do we Address this Bias?15:11 - Nature vs. Nurture19:13 - Is Gender Equality Dangerous to Men?22:49 - Online Misogyny35:17 - Why Don’t Men Notice Their Biases?39:31 - How to Reduce Unconscious Bias42:20 - Closing the Authority Gap 54:44 - Why Do Women Have to be Warm?58:21 - What Trump’s Re-election Means for Women01:02:15 - Why Men Think They’re Oppressed01:06:35 - Why Care About Closing the Authority Gap?Mary Ann Sieghart is the author of the best-selling book The Authority Gap: Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About it and a Founding Partner of The Authority Gap Consultancy. A former Assistant Editor and columnist at The Times for 20 years, she gained a wide following for her writing on politics, economics, feminism, and life. Mary Ann has presented numerous BBC Radio 4 programs, including Start the Week and Profile, and chaired The Brains Trust on BBC2. A Visiting Fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, she also serves as Visiting Professor at King’s College London’s Global Institute for Women’s Leadership. She has chaired the Social Market Foundation, sits on several boards, and was Chair of the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022 judges.Buy the books:The Authority Gap: Mary Ann Sieghart - https://amzn.to/3DZEM1X Of Boys and Men: Richard E. Reeves - https://amzn.to/4gZXQMh Mary Ann Sieghart:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-ann-sieghart-17a27891/?originalSubdomain=ukInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/masieghartwriter/?hl=enWebsite: https://www.maryannsieghart.com/Maria Hvorostovsky:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariahvo/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mycareerwithmaria

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