Name: Broad Strokes for January 27, 2017: The Women's March & What Comes Next
Uploaded: 2017-01-26
Duration: 4 min 20 s
Description: Wondering what comes next after the Women's March? Wondering why the New York Times wrote about fathers while moms were out marching? We've got you covered!

[ MUSIC ] Welcome to broad Strokes Fortune show we talk about the news that matters to women So, since we were sitting on this couch last week the women's march on Washington happened. I think it's been widely concerted a success, as more than 3 million people worldwide, about a half a million in D. C. alone, but I think it's worth noting that not all women felt included in this march. I mean you heard from someone women of colour that they didn't feel like their concerns were being represented. Yeah. And I think the organizers of this march, you know, hurdles concerns and really try to make it as inclusive as possible. But, you know, I think the issue with them trying to make it inclusive was there was kind of unfocus like there was no really clear agenda. I think a lot of women out there on the streets had very, very, very different reasons for marching. So I guess the question is, how do you take all these people with all these different concerns and marshall them going forward? Yeah, a lot of people are all ready drawing parallels to occupied Wall Street. I don't think anyone wants to see another kind of giant mass of people that are kind of feeling upset, but have no where to channel their energy So one of the things that the march is doing is they are, These are going to be launching a 10 Actions in 100 Days Campaign. The idea is to do 10 things over the course of the first 100 days of Trump's presidency. The first just being a postcard that people can send to their senator voicing their concerns. Yeah, I mean we're gonna have to wait and see you know, what happens going forward. But there's actually another story that came out of the march that I thought was really interesting. It ran in the New York Times and it was basically a look at the dads of Mont Claire, New Jersey. So the ideas was, this is a place that's very liberal, it overwhelmingly voted for Hillary Clinton. So, many of the women there gonna go march, What are the dads gonna do? They have to take care of these kids by all themselves for a whole day. Yeah. I mean I thought tha this story was completely turned off and actually the writer and the editor have since apologised but it did really kind of point out something interesting and it wasn't totally off the mark. And that women. Still spend twice as much time as men on childcare. So yeah, while it was definitely not newsworthy to say my god, alert, alert, dads are taking care of kids. It's definitely kind of pointing out something about our society and kind of Reminding us that we're not really at the place where those responsibilities are shared equally among genders. Yeah. I also thought it was interesting that the Metro Desk that put this story out is not all men. There are women that read this story and it didn't raise red flags for them. So, I think this tells us one, these are pretty entrenched stereotypes in our culture, and also if you work somewhere and you see something that maybe sets off some alarm bells for you, definitely say something. Everyone will be happy that you did. So speaking of deeply entrenched gender stereotypes, there was a study that came out this week that basically said that, Single women are way more likely to downplay their ambitions around single guys. Yeah, I have to say I was shocked by this. I really thought we'd come further than this. And it was particularly interesting that this study was done at a business school. So this is a population I would think that would really reward ambition in everyone. But on the other hand you can't really Blame this woman on some level. Researchers also cited the study that said basically, that ambitious man are more likely to look for a less ambitious partner. So if you're a woman whose trying to balance your personal life and your career life. This is gonna be a struggle for you. Yeah I mean when it becomes kind of a bigger problem is when it kind of starts leaking from the personal to the professional. So for single women in particular they are way more likely than other groups to forego career opportunities because they're afraid of seeming too assertive or too pushy. Three- quarters of them. I mean, three- quarters that's a large number. That's a lot. They basically said that, I've hesitated to ask for a raise. I haven't raised my hand in leadership positions. And basically, I'm not speaking in meetings as much because I'm afraid of seeming too assertive. Right. And it's not just those women. I feel like this sends a large message about being an ambitious woman overall. So unfortunately that's all the time we have on Broad Strokes this week. Come back next Friday for another episode on Fortune. com. [ MUSIC ]

Wondering what comes next after the Women's March? Wondering why the New York Times wrote about fathers while moms were out marching? We've got you covered!

Broad Strokes for January 27, 2017: The Women's March &amp; What Comes Next

Broad Strokes for January 27, 2017: The Women's March & What Comes Next