Extract from Why Men Win At Work by Gill Whitty-Collins

How this book works
are you someone who isn’t really sure you need, or want,
to read this book? Do you believe that gender inequality is no
longer a big issue and there are other, more important priorities
we should be focusing on? Then you are exactly someone who
should be reading this book. Simply glance at some of the many
statistics in ‘Yes, it is an issue’. I can guarantee that this chapter
will show you how gender inequality is still a huge problem
and why this issue is so important – and one that you want to
immerse yourself in.
Are you like I was? A successful woman who was lucky not
to be on the wrong end of gender inequality issues and wasn’t
interested in engaging in them? ‘Do you have feminist phobia?’
I will go on to share some things you may not be aware of which
will change your perspective on supporting other women and
lay out how you can do this.
Are you a good, decent man who supports gender equality
and believes you don’t contribute to the issue, so you don’t need
to engage with it? Do you even worry that gender equality is
a threat to you and your career? Perhaps you treat diversity
and inclusion as a side enhancement, not as core to business
success? If so, you’re not in the small group of ‘A few bad men’,
but you will come to see that men are winning at work and that
this isn’t actually in your best interests. You will agree that you
do need to engage with the gender equality issue and be ready
to sign up as a fully-fledged ‘femanist’.
Is there a small part of you that, although you would never
say it out loud, thinks that men get most of the top jobs because
they deserve them? That ‘Maybe men are just better?’ You will
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