Ouch: “Man needs to experience something for himself before acknowledging it exists, rather than take it from women.“

Why is there an emergent recruitment practice anonymizing resumes / CVs? Because it removes an in-built bias many have about “the right kind of person for the job.”

• Who suffers from this bias? Women, and BIPOC, of course.
• Who holds this bias? Most of us.

You may be above such bias, and good for you if you really are. However, for all well-meaning people who want to free of bias, read this twitter thread about a man and a woman who, for one week, “pretended” to be the opposite sex in their customer interactions. Illuminating is the word that comes to mind. [Spoiler alert: life is easier as a man.]

So here's a little story of the time @nickyknacks taught me how impossible it is for professional women to get the respect they deserve:

— Martin R. Schneider (@SchneidRemarks) March 9, 2017

It reminded me of why an author called herself J.K. Rowling. Because wizard stories could only be written by men! She had to disguise her gender.

Also worth a read is the female’s perspective on the same story.

This Much We <Still Don’t> Know.