Thank you for another lesson! I'm not going to lie I had to reread the first few paragraphs a few times! 😁

Male supremacy and subjugation of women became a characteristic of human societies, despite the fact that the two sexes are more equal in size and strength than most other species or perhaps it was because of that very fact!

This is an interesting point. That the closeness in size and strength of women was perceived as such a threat that males felt the need to use their differences to their fullest advantage.

It is unfortunate that gender stereotypes still affect the workplace. In an article by Kathy Caprino, Gender Stereotypes Are Real, she covered the work Joseph Grenny and David Maxfield did in a study on the perceived competency and worth on women in the workplace when they are considered being "forceful" or "assertive". The two found that the perceived competency and financial "value" dropped at a higher percentage rate for women when making certain framing statements than when men made the same statements. Quoting Grenny and Maxfield: "We are able to be fair when thinking of fairness but then slip into gender stereotypes the moment we let our guards down."