We need to stop ‘untitling’ and ‘uncredentialing’ professional women

Source photo: yalcinsonat1 / iStock. Article by Amy Diehl Ph.D. and Leanne Dzubinski Ph.D. Fast Company – January 22, 2021.

Amy Diehl, PhD, and Leanne Dzubinski, PhD, propose new terms for an old practice of omitting titles for women while using them for men that diminishes women’s authority and credibility.

The inauguration marked a new presidential administration and a couple of other important firsts: Vice President Kamala Harris became the first woman and the first Black and South Asian to hold that office. First Lady Dr. Jill Biden became the first president’s wife to hold a paying job outside the White House. Despite these women’s career achievements, they’ve both been subjected to a common form of workplace gender bias that continues to play out in many organizations. […]

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