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SUSAN
PINKER In her stunning book, The Sexual Paradox,
Susan Pinker takes a hard look at how gender differences play out at school
and at work. Why do fragile boys succeed later in life? And why do many
gifted, early-performing girls opt out of successful careers as they near
the top? With a fresh approach to a classic subject—the gender gap—Pinker
opens a window into the fundamental and biological differences between
male and female ambition.
Why do men and women make different career choices?
Which sex is happier at work? Why do some male drop-outs earn more than
the the smart, motivated girls they went to school with? What does science
tell us about competition? Why do men still outnumber women in fields
such as corporate law, engineering and politics? In The Sexual Paradox,
psychologist and award-winning journalist Susan Pinker, answers these
questions, turning several assumptions upside down: that men and women
are biologically equal, that intelligence is all it takes to succeed,
and that men and women want the same thing out of life.
Incorporating real life profiles, cutting edge science, economics, and memoir The Sexual Paradox is a sensitive, thoroughly argued and accessible book, written for the broadest possible range of people—educators, corporate leaders, anyone interested in finding out why men and women are not simply mirror images of each other. Booklist writes: “Pinker’s penetrating conclusions shed important new light on how gender differences effect every strata of contemporary existence." Based out of Montreal, Susan Pinker is The Globe and Mail's popular workplace etiquette columnist. An experienced clinician who has seen thousands of clients since she began her practice in 1982, she is a former teacher at the Department of Educational and Councelling Psychology at McGill University. What does Susan Pinker talk about?
The Sexual Paradox: The Gender Gap in the Workplace
Why are there still more men than women in business,
corporate law, engineering and physical science? Why do companies have
a hard time retaining female employees, especially at top levels? In this
talk, Susan Pinker offers a fascinating, scientifically-sound argument
for why women and men choose different career paths, showing us how to
identify and appeal to the strengths of each gender. The traits that cause
trouble for fragile, often dysfunctional boys—single-mindedness,
lack of self-consciousness—actually help them climb the corporate
ladder. Meanwhile, the traits of talented, motivated girls-- a preference
for collaborative, creative work and flexibility—often cause them
to opt out of promising careers to seek fulfillment elsewhere. In this
lively discussion, Pinker offers striking answers to some of the most
confounding problems of the modern workplace. | |
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