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Gender Equality And International Women's Day
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Why Are Women Less Likely To BE Entrepreneurs Than Men?
In light of International Women's Day which took place this week, here are a few interesting think-pieces of women's rights that we've been reading, particularly about their success in the workplace and the lack of economic equality:
Why Are Women Less Likely To Become Entrepreneurs Than Men?
DAVID GREENE, HOST: If you look at entrepreneurs around the world, there is an inescapable fact. They are overwhelmingly men, and researchers have been trying to figure out why. Our colleague, Steve Inskeep, spoke with NPR social science correspondent Shankar Vedantam. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Hi, Shankar. SHANKAR VEDANTAM, BYLINE: Hi, Steve.
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Why Women Apologize and Should Stop
One commonly posited theory, which informs everything from shampoo commercials to doctoral dissertations, is that being perceived as rude is so abhorrent to women that we need to make ourselves less obtrusive before we speak up.
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