The ensuing Twitter thread, of more than 19,000 comments and retweets, sees plenty of other women admit to similar tactics. If you are a woman and busy, you’re “difficult”. If you’re a man with limited availability, you’re simply busy; no questions asked. We see those who, consciously or not, treat women in the workplace differently. Doing all the work while “he” takes the bows is not the solution women wish for, but while we’re waiting for people to realise that men and women aren’t all that different, it’ll have to do.

Source: The Irish Times July 31, 2020 06:56 UTC