My co-founder and I are both women building a tech startup and we keep getting asked in meetings if we're the 'real' founders or if there's a man behind the company, and we respond to it completely differently — she laughs it off and I get visibly angry and it's creating tension between us about how to handle these situations.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two women are discovering that their different strategies for navigating sexism in business are creating conflict between them rather than solidarity.
“Where Are You with The examined female identity?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.