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Gender Diversity Awareness Topics

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Hello,



As we now have a good number of males from engineering and technology backgrounds on this group, I thought that it would be a good idea to take advantage of this and create an online diversity awareness discussion forum, on this platform, where men (and women) are made aware of the issues that some women face and perhaps, that some men face in the workplace.



It would also be good to hear about some of the things that employers have implemented to ensure gender diversity is acknowledged and the steps have been taken to achieve this.



I would like to encourage members of this community to come forward with real issues / topics that may have impacted them or others in their daily working environment. From there, discussions can be formed on what happened or, what you might like to see happen to remedy these issues.



This would give both men & women / senior management / decision-makers an opportunity to take on board specific comments as well as gaining further insight and perspective.



Topics should be real and focus on aspects that are relevant and important to you.



Topics could include but are not limited to;





  • Gender bias


  • Unconscious bias


  • Wage disparity


  • balancing family and work


  • Stereotypes


  • Confidence


  • Being heard


  • Self-promotion


If you have a topic that you would like to start off, then please do so by replying to this thread and posting your comments.



It would be really nice to hear from both men and women.



Kind regards,

Jo Foster



Chair, IET Women's Network
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    Oh yes, the toilets! That's a big problem for me. I usually just avoid drinking water if I know I'm going to a yard with no female toilets. I hate going into ones with unrinals because I don't want to come out of the cubicle and see some man weeing. Eugh.



    To the previous poster, Claire, I think that small steps like someone in your position passing comment on inapproriate material could be enough to slowly change the ethos. 



    As for social events, well I think if you're the only woman then there's not mcuh you can do about being the only woman at the social events too. Obviously arranging a social event at a venue that doesn't allow women is outrageous if there are any female employees, but other than that I would say it doesn't really matter what the event is; the point is to socialise with your colleagues. In my previous job, we usually just went to the pub. Now we have nibbles in the canteen once a month. And I find the more I get to know people in the office, the more they stop seeing me as 'the only woman' and start seeing me as myself.
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    Oh yes, the toilets! That's a big problem for me. I usually just avoid drinking water if I know I'm going to a yard with no female toilets. I hate going into ones with unrinals because I don't want to come out of the cubicle and see some man weeing. Eugh.



    To the previous poster, Claire, I think that small steps like someone in your position passing comment on inapproriate material could be enough to slowly change the ethos. 



    As for social events, well I think if you're the only woman then there's not mcuh you can do about being the only woman at the social events too. Obviously arranging a social event at a venue that doesn't allow women is outrageous if there are any female employees, but other than that I would say it doesn't really matter what the event is; the point is to socialise with your colleagues. In my previous job, we usually just went to the pub. Now we have nibbles in the canteen once a month. And I find the more I get to know people in the office, the more they stop seeing me as 'the only woman' and start seeing me as myself.
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