The Authority Gap

Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously than Men, and What We Can Do About It

By: Mary Ann Sieghart

Narrated by: Mary Ann Sieghart

Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins

Publisher's summary

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Imagine living in a world in which you were routinely patronised by women.

Imagine having your views ignored or your expertise frequently challenged by them.

Imagine trying to speak up in a meeting, only to be talked over by female colleagues.

Imagine subordinates resisting you as a boss, merely because you're a man.

Imagine being trolled by women on social media for daring to express an opinion.

Imagine people always addressing the woman you are with before you.

Now imagine a world in which the reverse of this is true.

The Authority Gap provides a startling perspective on the unseen bias at work in our everyday lives, to reveal the scale of the gap that still persists between men and women. Marshalling a wealth of data with precision and insight, and including interviews with pioneering women such as Baroness Hale, Mary Beard and Bernadine Evaristo, this is a fresh feminist take on how to address and counteract systemic sexism in ways that benefit us all.

©2021 Mary Ann Sieghart (P)2021 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"A brilliant manifesto explaining why women are still so underestimated and overlooked in today's world, but how we can also be hopeful for change." (Philippa Perry)

"Hugely exciting." (Emily Maitlis)

Essential and engaging “reading” to understand the scale and pervasiveness of the problem.

As an amateur feminist, I found this book enlightening, shocking and interesting in equal measure. The book skilfully articulates the author’s investigation in to the causes and effects of archaic and biased organisational structures, systems, processes and use of language.

Fear not, however, it’s not all doom and gloom! This book not only describes the issues but provides useful and actionable steps we can all take to recognise and hopefully reverse some of the damaging impacts of the authority gap.

Brilliant

If only every this was a fixed text in education worldwide. It opens your eyes to misogyny everywhere both by women and men. I’ve recommended it to my female boss!