Am I Only 77% as Valuable as a Guy?

April 3, 2014 by Amy Leigh Mercree
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Lately, we have been hearing a bit more in the media about the economic standing of women in the United States. Some of us might have heard that in forty percent of households women are the primary or only breadwinner. And we may have also heard that women make an average of seventy seven cents […]

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No Offense, But I Was Just Kidding: Dealing with Mean Jokes

May 22, 2012 by Tracy
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This Guest Post graciously submitted by Rachel Simmons. “When girls say ‘just kidding,’ what percentage of the time are they really joking?” It’s one of my favorite questions to ask girls, and I rarely hear numbers in double digits. That’s because “just kidding,” and its cousin, “no offense,” are phrases girls (and guys, though less […]

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