#doublebias #gendernorms I am the mother of a daughter and a son. The gender equity gap matters to me as much for my son as for my daughter. Why? Because this is the internal dialog of our boys. You see, gender bias doesn’t start in the workplace — that’s where it grows and has a direct impact on economic opportunity. It starts in childhood, around the age of 6 or 7. It starts when boys are taught not to cry, to “be a man” and when girls are complimented more for their looks

#doublebias Lesbian couples face a double bias because there are two women in a couple. They experience not only an uphill battle as women individually, but collectively once they’re in a relationship. There is an assumption that lesbian couples — couples with two women — would suffer a double gender bias, but that’s not necessarily the case. In fact, lesbian women have a wage premium, earning on average 9 percent more than heterosexual women. Unfortunately, that’s only half