The key to advancing gender equality? Men.
Women are at a disadvantage. At home, they often face an unequal
division of household chores and childcare, and in the workplace, they
deal with lower pay, lack of credit for their contributions, roadblocks
to promotion, sexual harassment, and more. And while organizations are
looking to address these issues, too many gender-inclusion initiatives
focus on how women themselves should respond, reinforcing the perception
that these are "women's issues" and that men—often the most influential
stakeholders in an organization—don't need to be involved.
Gender-in-the-workplace experts David G. Smith and W. Brad Johnson
counter this perception. In this important book, they show that men have
a crucial role to play in promoting gender equality at work. Research
shows that when men are deliberately engaged in gender-inclusion
programs, 96 percent of women in those organizations perceive real
progress in gender equality, compared with only 30 percent of women in
organizations without strong male engagement.
Good Guys is the first practical, research-based guide for how to be a
male ally to women in the workplace. Filled with firsthand accounts from
both men and women, and tips for getting started, the book shows how men
can partner with their female colleagues to advance women's leadership
and equality by breaking ingrained gender stereotypes, overcoming
unconscious biases, developing and supporting the talented women around
them, and creating productive and respectful working relationships with
women.
