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How Heavy is a Microphone?

Published on Nov 06, 2015

Why are only 20-30% of all paid speakers women?

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How Heavy is a Microphone?

Where Are All the Women Speakers?
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Remember when we used to say "women doctors" or "women attorneys"?

Why do we still say "women speakers"?

Male dominated jobs

  • truck driver
  • loggers
  • racecar driver
  • public speaker

Public speaking doesn't involve heavy lifting

But only 20-30% of all paid speakers are women

Some reasons for no women speakers

  • Women only talk about "women stuff"
  • Not enough qualified women speakers
  • No big name women speakers
  • People like to hear speakers who are like them

In 2014 the Wharton Customer Analytics Initiative Conference Had 1 Woman Speaker

In 2015...

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They Had None.