Subtle ways our language can create gender inequities in the workplace:
indicates that both men and women tend to write women letters that are less favorable than the letters written for men. These subtle differences in word choice can have big impacts on a woman’s likelihood to be hired or even her likelihood for a promotion.
Workplace training should address things like language and word choice. Understanding the implications of our words can be powerful. Training can help managers and organizational leaders to be more cognizant of how their word choice for performance evaluations, feedback and job postings can unintentionally create gender bias. Our word choice and language has spillover effects that impact so many different aspects of our lives. Awareness is the key.
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