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Leaders can promote gender equity without deepening polarization − here’s how
(theconversation.com)
this post was submitted on 20 May 2025
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I'm sorry, this article is incredibly grating to me. It softens aggrieved entitlement as "men associating power with control," and prescribes appeasement (read: empathy) for men who subscribe to this. This is all bundled in neoliberal business talk that seeks to erase the necessity of abolishing hierarchy to heal masculinity from capitalism and colonialism. It isn't inspiring and I don't think this is even a genuine attempt at empathy. Men who feel threatened by women in the workplace because they are just that insecure about themselves and the hierarchy isn't a healthy relationship with the world and should not be fostered under the guise of empathy. That isn't healthy for them and it isn't genuinely relating to them.