The complicated dance of gender and work

Or, “Does the Glass Ceiling make any f’n sense?”

Ted Bauer
34 min readOct 19, 2022

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The “Big Issues” Series

Masculinity

Fertility and infertility

Empathy

Life’s bullshit

Failure

Sexuality

Friendship

Being performative

Convenience

Gender and the workplace

Productivity

Purpose

Being busy

Burnout

Onboarding

How does “woke” relate to “work?”

Let’s actually commence by discussing the Glass Ceiling and how much sense it makes

Here’s The New York Times being “goofy” and comparing the number of companies run by guys named John (just the name John) to the number of companies run by women at all. It’s maybe a little bit awkward at parts, but this chart is something else:

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Ted Bauer
Ted Bauer

Written by Ted Bauer

I write about a lot of different topics, from work to masculinity to relationships and social dynamics, I.e. modern friendship. Pleasure to be here.