How Can We Battle Gender Bias While Everyone Is Watching?
Gender bias is still pervasive. We are all part of the solution to make change.
With the beginning of a new administration in Washington, DC, we now have a BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Person of Color) woman as the Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris. This is a huge step for equity and representation!
We also have more women in Congress, 144 women up from 127, and the composition of women has become slightly more diverse as well, gaining four more women of color in Congress bringing us to 52 women. These are all victories to be celebrated. And after a century since women (specifically White women) won the right to vote, it shows progress.
While we must celebrate, we cannot sit back and relax. We must work harder than ever before to ensure that these first women are not the only nor the last. All eyes will be on Vice President Harris and she will be held to great scrutiny because she is the first woman and because she is a BIPOC woman.
Full blogpost originally published on Dr. Ronald E. Riggio's Psychology Today blog, Cutting-Edge Leadership on January 19, 2021.
