By David W. Wahl — 2021
Why you should embrace labels beyond the traditional binary.
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Women with disabilities are often doubly penalized—for being women and for being disabled.
Individuals with disabilities frequently encounter workplace discrimination, bias, exclusion, and career plateaus—meaning their employers lose out on enormous innovation and talent potential.
Between 25% and 50% of transgender adults in the U.S. have children. Some have kids before coming out as trans, others adopt or foster, and some use egg or sperm cells they’ve frozen—usually before starting hormone replacement therapy.
From remembering birthdays to offering service with a smile, life has a layer of daily responsibility that is hardly discussed—one which falls disproportionately on women. Finally confronting it could be a revolutionary step.
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It can’t be about “empowerment” any longer. To make real progress, it has to be about power—using and growing the power we women already have.