Toxic Femininity in the Workplace should be required reading for professionals
Ginny Hogan’s Toxic Femininity in the Workplace offers a hilariously perceptive perspective of sexism in the workplace.
Whether you’ve experienced sexism in a professional setting or not, it’s undeniable that harassment and inequality is still present in many work environments around the globe. And Ginny Hogan’s latest release, Toxic Femininity in the Workplace, penetrates office politics from the perspective of a woman in a hilariously honest way. After all, if we don’t laugh about this stuff, we may all just start crying — right?
The chapters within Toxic Femininity in the Workplace are set up in various formats, making it easy to breeze through the book in just one sitting. Hogan drives her points home through everything from fake memos from the CEO, to bulleted lists, to hypothetical emails. This format succeeds at throwing readers into the environment Hogan is talking about, even if they haven’t found themselves there before.
And each piece Hogan writes addresses some aspect of sexism in the workplace. Hogan doesn’t hold back, and she sheds light on real issues women face, covering huge and apparent problems like the wage gap and sexual harassment, as well as smaller issues that women barely perceive during their day-to-day interactions. Whether you’re regularly interrupted during meetings or have had to actually quit a job because of blatant and disturbing behavior, you’ll likely find something to relate to within the pages of Hogan’s new release.
And although the book would likely fall into the comedy category, it doesn’t make light of these issues in a problematic way. Yes, Toxic Femininity in the Workplace uses humor to grab its readers’ attention. But the humor also points out how ridiculous so much of what women experience is. And if you find yourself nodding along, you’ll also find yourself shaking your head. Because these things can’t really still be happening in 2019, can they?
As someone who already understands how gender plays into office dynamics, Hogan’s book will serve as validation that something seriously needs to be done. But for someone picking this book up without any insight into sexism in the workplace, it could very well change your perspective. And that’s exactly why Toxic Femininity in the Workplace should be on everyone professional’s reading list for 2019.
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