{"id":569,"date":"2015-01-01T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2015-01-01T13:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/annelitwin.com\/?p=569"},"modified":"2015-01-01T09:00:30","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T13:00:30","slug":"next-steps-for-supporting-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.annelitwin.com\/blog\/blog-posts\/next-steps-for-supporting-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Next Steps for Supporting Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[Reflect on your expectations of your bosses in the activities below and\u00a0rate yourself on some basic dimensions of support for women and women\u00a0leaders. These exercises can start you on a path to being more supportive\u00a0of other women in ways you may not be aware of now.\n\n\n<ol>\n\t\n\n<li>Make a list that describes the characteristics of your ideal boss, in\u00a0general. Then make a list that describes your ideal woman boss.\u00a0Once you have your lists, compare them. What do you notice? What\u00a0friendship rules might be operating for you with your ideal woman\u00a0boss?<\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li>Be honest with yourself, and put a check mark by the statements\u00a0below that apply to you. We have all participated in many of these\u00a0behaviors at some point. Notice them as you go forward and challenge\u00a0yourself to stop doing them.\nHave you ever\n\n\n<ul>\n\t\n\n<li>Laughed at a joke told by a man at the expense of a woman?<\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li>Assumed a woman got promoted because of whom she slept\nwith?<\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li>Assumed a woman got a job because of a quota?<\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li>Talked about other women with men to be accepted as \u201cone of\nthe boys\u201d?<\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li>Said another woman was too sensitive about gender issues?<\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li>Been more critical of women leaders than of men?<\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li>Said, \u201cI hate working for women\u201d?<\/li>\n\n\n\t\n\n<li>Consciously undermined a woman leader?<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ol>\n\n\nUse the following scoring guide to reflect upon your answers:\n\n\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">1\u20132 checks = You are relatively supportive of other women.\n3\u20134 checks = You are somewhat less supportive of other women.\n5+ checks = You have a strong tendency to not be supportive of\u00a0other women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\">\n\t\n\n<li>Notice your reflex to be critical or dismissive of other women, especially if they are successful. Ask a buddy to do this exercise with you. When you each notice the reflex to be critical or dismissive of other women, mark it down in a notebook or electronic notepad. Share your marks with each other weekly to help each other see patterns and raise your awareness.<\/li>\n\n\n<\/ol>\n\n\n&nbsp;\nAn excerpt from my book,\u00a0<em>New Rules for Women<\/em>, available at Amazon (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0982056982\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0982056982\/<\/a>).]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<![CDATA[]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[169,207,222,418,612,634],"class_list":["post-569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog-posts","category-excerpt","tag-emotions","tag-feminine-values","tag-friendship-rules","tag-new-rules","tag-women","tag-workplace"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.annelitwin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.annelitwin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.annelitwin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.annelitwin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.annelitwin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.annelitwin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.annelitwin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.annelitwin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.annelitwin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}