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Catalyst releases new report on the "double bind" of gender stereotypes.(Brief article)
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On Campus with Women
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January 1, 2008
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By analyzing survey responses of U.S. and international business leaders, Catalyst, a nonprofit group working to improve women's professional opportunities, recently confirmed that the "double bind" of gender stereotypes still affects women in the workplace. Noting that women hold over 50 percent of all managerial and professional positions, but only 1.8 percent of Fortune 500 CEO jobs, Catalyst attributed this discrepancy to the negative effects of prevailing stereotypes in the workplace. The report notes that stereotypes adversely affect women in three ways:
* They create the perception that women are either "too soft" ...