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Even the world's most powerful women are taken less seriously than men | The New Statesman podcast
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38:04Now PlayingTheresa May and Jacinda Arden may have been world leaders, but that doesn't escape them from the authority gap. How does sexism still impact how women are perceived?
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Alona Ferber, senior editor at the New Statesman, is joined by Mary Ann Seighart, journalist, former assistant editor of The Times, visiting professor at Kings College London and author of The Authority Gap: Why women are still taken less seriously than men, and what we can do about it.
One of the things that shocked Mary Ann Seighart most from writing this book was that even the most senior, successful, authoritative women are taken less seriously. Even being president of a country doesn't insulate women from the authority gap. Why is this?
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