Stop talking about the gender confidence gap!
I keep hearing a lot about the “confidence gap”. Premise: women are less confident than men. I believe those raising the issue are well intended, but I worry about the constant drum beat on this issue for three reasons:
- Are we not measuring confidence by what are more traditional “male” standards?
- Are we not mis-measuring the confidence of women as a result?
- Is not raising the issue reinforcing the stereotype in terms of confidence ?
Rather than talking about the confidence gap, I recommend we talk about the gap in perceptions on how we measure confidence.
Jonathan A. Segal is a partner at Duane Morris LLP in the Employment, Labor, Benefits and Immigration Practice Group . He is also the managing principal of the Duane Morris Institute . The Duane Morris Institute provides training for human resource professionals, in house counsel, benefits administrators and managers at Duane Morris, at client sites and by way of webinar on myriad employment, labor, benefits and immigration matters. Read Jonathan's blog at the Duane Morris Institute or follow him on Twitter @Jonathan_HR_Law .
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