The State of The Gender Gap-Bridging the Gender Gap

Joanne Lipman is former Chief Content Officer of Gannett and Editor-in-Chief of USA Today, author of That’s What She Said: What Men Need to Know (and Women Need to Tell Them) About Working Together. Ms. Lipman discussed the current state of the gender gap in today’s workplaces. She said that traditional corporate “diversity training” has actually made the problem worse—in part because it makes men feel demonized. She believes that the solution to workplace inequality and sexual harassment lies in reaching across the gender divide so that men become allies, rather than adversaries.