Benefit of the doubt Quote by Sheryl Sandberg

As women get more powerful, they get less likable. I see women holding themselves back because of this, but if we start talking about…

— Sheryl Sandberg

“One stumbling block is that many people believe that the workplace is largely a meritocracy, which means we look at individuals, not groups, and…

— Sheryl Sandberg

Women are sometimes drawn in to believe against probability by the unwillingness they have to doubt their own merit.

— Samuel Richardson

“Gender bias is so steeped in the culture, their results implied, that women were themselves discriminating against other women.”

— Angela Saini

Studies show that women seeking power tend to be punished for doing so, because it goes against cultural bias. Women are expected to be…

— Catherine Mayer

If a woman is successful, then she's deemed to be the exception that proves the rule. If a woman fails, well, we're all failures.…

— Glenda Jackson

“Every time we mention Gender Equality, merit is usually thrown out of the window. Your ability to deliver is not determined by what is…

— DON SANTO

My experiences with gender bias are probably the norm. What I found was that expectations of women were simply lower, and this resulted in…

— Heather Bresch

Women have traditionally deferred to the judgment of men although often while intimating a sensibility of their own which is at variance with that…

— Carol Gilligan

Women are penalized both for deviating from the masculine norm and for appearing to be masculine. When women try to establish their competence, they…

— Kathleen Hall Jamieson

Men seem more bound to the wheel of success than women do. That women are trained to get satisfaction from affiliation rather thanachievement has…

— Phyllis Rose

Times are changing and women need the critical stimulus of competition outside the home. A girl must nowadays believe completely in herself as an…

— Amelia Earhart