Gender Microaggressions and Professional Standards

Hello and Welcom to Module 3 Lesson 23: "Gender Microaggressions, The Professional Standard"

"While statistics show that women face the overwhelming majority of gender-based microaggressions,

these behaviors create a toxic environment that eventually traps everyone. In a small business

like a restaurant or a shop gender bias isn't just a social issue. It’s a breakdown

of professional standards that hits your bottom line." "Gender microaggressions often look like

'assigning' roles based on bias rather than skill: Assuming women should handle the 'housekeeping'

or emotional tasks while men do the technical work. Interrupting or 'explaining' things

to female coworkers that they already know. Making 'jokes' about a woman being 'too