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The Authority Gap
- Author
- Mary Ann Sieghart
- Narrator
- Mary Ann Sieghart
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Publish Date
- 1 July 2021
- Run Time
- 10 hours 6 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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Brought to you by Penguin.
Imagine living in a world in which you were routinely patronised by women.
Imagine having your views ignored or your expertise frequently challenged by them.
Imagine trying to speak up in a meeting, only to be talked over by female colleagues.
Imagine subordinates resisting you as a boss, merely because you're a man.
Imagine being trolled by women on social media for daring to express an opinion.
Imagine people always addressing the woman you are with before you.
Now imagine a world in which the reverse of this is true.
The Authority Gap provides a startling perspective on the unseen bias at work in our everyday lives, to reveal the scale of the gap that still persists between men and women. Marshalling a wealth of data with precision and insight, and including interviews with pioneering women such as Baroness Hale, Mary Beard and Bernadine Evaristo, this is a fresh feminist take on how to address and counteract systemic sexism in ways that benefit us all.
'A brilliant manifesto explaining why women are still so underestimated and overlooked in today's world, but how we can also be hopeful for change' - Philippa Perry
'Hugely exciting' - Emily Maitlis
© Mary Ann Seighart 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Critics Review
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Here is a brilliant manifesto explaining why women are still so underestimated and overlooked in today's world, but how we can also be hopeful for change.
Philippa Perry
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Just in case anyone still thinks the patriarchy is a figment of feminist imagination, this book will prove otherwise. Everyone needs to read The Authority Gap because in order to change our culture, we need to fully recognise the problem.
Bernadine Evaristo
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An impassioned, meticulously argued and optimistic call to arms for anyone who cares about creating a fairer society.
Observer
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Persuasive, arresting, punchy and incisive.
The Sunday Times
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Crackling with controlled anger, it features some eye-popping stories and a stellar cast of interviewees, from presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton and former Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt to the novelist Bernardine Evaristo. Buy it for any woman ever talked over in a meeting, or patronised by a man who knows less than them.
Guardian Best Political Books of 2021
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Deeply researched, profoundly thoughtful and a book very much for the here and now: Mary Ann Sieghart's The Authority Gap is the book she was probably born to write. It is both a warning tract for bombastic, dismissive men, and a cheerful manual for all ambitious women.
Andrew Marr
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In The Authority Gap, Mary Ann Sieghart combines an absorbing review of the contemporary evidence on the systematic undervaluing of women with some powerful new insights. Whether you know a little or a lot about sexism and misogyny, there is much to learn from this book, including some very practical tips on creating change that you can implement the minute after you turn the last page.
Julia Gillard, Former Prime Minister of Australia
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Fascinating, powerful...the subject is very close to my heart.
Elif Shafak
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Hugely exciting.
Emily Maitlis
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At last here is a credible roadmap that is capable of taking women from the margins to the centre by bridging the authority gap that holds back even the best and most talented of women. Read this and weep at what we are wasting. Read this and believe we can fly on two wings and soon.
Mary McAleese, Former President of Ireland
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Details
- Author
- Mary Ann Sieghart
- Narrator
- Mary Ann Sieghart
- Duration
- 10 hours 6 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 July 2021
- ISBN
- 9781473596689
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Genre
- Gender studies: women and girls, Feminism and feminist theory, Social research and statistics, Sociology, Ethical issues: scientific, technological and medical developments, Impact of science and technology on society, Popular psychology, Cognition and cognitive psychology, History of ideas
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. Imagine living in a world in which you were routinely patronised by women.Imagine having your views ignored or your expertise frequently challenged by them.Imagine trying to speak up in a meeting, only to be talked over by female colleagues.Imagine subordinates resisting you as a boss, merely because you're a man.Imagine being trolled by women on social media for daring to express an opinion.Imagine people always addressing the woman you are with before you.Now imagine a world in which the reverse of this is true.The Authority Gap provides a startling perspective on the unseen bias at work in our everyday lives, to reveal the scale of the gap that still persists between men and women. Marshalling a wealth of data with precision and insight, and including interviews with pioneering women such as Baroness Hale, Mary Beard and Bernadine Evaristo, this is a fresh feminist take on how to address and counteract systemic sexism in ways that benefit us all.'A brilliant manifesto explaining why women are still so underestimated and overlooked in today's world, but how we can also be hopeful for change' - Philippa Perry'Hugely exciting' - Emily Maitlis© Mary Ann Seighart 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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