'Power' is an explosive word, particularly when applied to women.
Interpretation
The word 'power' evokes strong reactions, especially when discussing women in positions of authority.
Madeleine M. Kunin highlights the complex and often charged perception of 'power' when it is associated with women. In a society that has historically marginalized women's authority, the concept of female empowerment can provoke intense emotions, reflecting both progress and ongoing challenges in achieving gender equality.
In practice
During a women's leadership conference to emphasize the importance of female representation in power.
It's time for male leaders to not only ask for binders of qualified women, but to re-write the definition of 'qualified.' The best man for the job, may in fact, be a woman, whose biography is not traditional, but is rich with experiences and skills that are not necessarily learned either in school or on the job.
It's time for women to wake up, to use the power of the vote, to honor the suffragists who chained themselves to the White House fence so that women could vote.
When women and men can shed an equal quantity of tears in public, that's when we'll have equal power.
Any smart executive understands that to find the best talent she has to explore new territory that lies beyond familiar geography. That applies not only to gender, but also to race, religion, background and age.
What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
Legislative proposals that would enable an employer to determine whether or not a woman's insurance would cover the cost of birth control strikes women as particularly bizarre. Is the boss going to take care of the children that are conceived accidentally? Stop treating us like children. Women are grown ups.
If nominated by either party, I should peremptorily decline, and even if unanimously elected, I should decline to serve.
Most of my diversity conversations are had with the majority population, because frankly, those people are the people who have the most influence over everybody's career.
Whenever you see something going well - whenever light begins to chase back the darkness that threatens to engulf our world - look closely. There stands a leader who is holding that candle.
A leader's role is not to control people or stay on top of things, but rather to guide, energize and excite.
We made a great mistake in the beginning of our struggle, and I fear, in spite of all we can do, it will prove to be a fatal mistake. We appointed all our worst generals to command our armies, and all our best generals to edit the newspapers
If, for instance, you put in a Malay officer who's very religious and who has family ties in Malaysia in charge of a machine gun unit, that's a very tricky business. We've got to know his background... I'm saying these things because they are real, and if I don't think that, and I think even if today the Prime Minister doesn't think carefully about this, we could have a tragedy.
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