From the course: Leadership Strategies for Women
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You work like you played
From the course: Leadership Strategies for Women
You work like you played
- From an early age boys and girls are treated differently. Parents talk more to girl babies than boys. They overestimate the physical ability of their sons and the verbal ability of their daughters. In school teachers will allow a boy to shout out an answer but they'll chastise girls for that behavior. We know that nature and nurture each contribute about 50% to who we are. We're going to focus on the nurture piece or the ways that girls and boys are socialized. This has a profound impact on how they act as leaders and members of an organization. So let's look at the ways that boys and girls play and what that teaches us about gender and leadership. Picture an elementary school playground on a beautiful spring day. Over there you see some girls jumping rope. Jump rope teaches cooperation. We rotate who turns the rope and who jumps. We make up rules for when to switch roles and everyone gets a chance to play. On the other side of the playground boys are playing basketball. Only the…
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