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The need to work with men to close the gender gap

by
Joanne Lipman

Women have been talking amongst ourselves for years about the obstacles we face in our careers. That’s a major reason the #MeToo movement has exploded. Not every woman has been sexually assaulted at work – but every woman knows how it feels to be marginalized, ignored and disrespected.

Yet women talking to each other is half a conversation. It can at best solve 50 percent of the problem. We need men to join us.

That’s why I wrote “That’s What She Said.” Men are realizing this is their issue too – that we need to work together to close the gender gap.

Joanne Lipman, Bestselling author of “That’s What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together,” and former Editor in Chief of USA TODAY and Chief Content Officer of Gannett

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