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How Do You Respond To Gender Discrimination & Bias?

by | Apr 23, 2015 | Across Generations, Career Development, InPower Women Blog

What do you do in that moment where you see someone discriminating against you – or another woman? – Click To Tweet

Sometimes you want to lash out at gender discrimination. Sometimes you’re so flabbergasted you don’t know what to say or do. Take some tips from InPowerWomen.com bloggers Dana Theus and Emily Bennington and have your strategy ready! – InPower Editors

I gave this interview a while back to AJ+ about what to do when you encounter gender discrimination face-to-face. They brought in one of our other awesome bloggers – Emily Bennington – to give some solid tips about what you can do when it happens to you. Great advice! What else can you think of to do? Share your thoughts in comments below.
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Dana Theus

Dana Theus

Dana Theus is an executive coach specializing in helping you activate your highest potential to succeed and to shine. With her support emerging and established leaders, especially women, take powerful, high-road shortcuts to developing their authentic leadership style and discovering new levels of confidence and impact. Dana has worked for Fortune 50 companies, entrepreneurial tech startups, government and military agencies and non-profits and she has taught graduate-level courses for several Universities. learn more
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