Summary of Linda Babcock & Sara Laschever's Women Don't Ask

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#1 Heather’s response illustrates the fatalistic mindset many women have, believing that their circumstances are more fixed and absolute than they really are.

#2 The belief that opportunity only knocks once can be a barrier for women, who may assume that they must wait to be given the things they want or need. But the truth is that opportunity doesn’t always knock.

#3 The turnip to oyster scale measured peoples’ propensity to see possibilities for change in their circumstances. Low scorers were people who saw little benefit to asking for what they wanted because they believed their environment was unchangeable. High scorers were people who saw most situations as adaptable to their needs and regularly looked for ways to improve their circumstances.

#4 Women were 45 percent more likely than men to score low on the oyster-turnip scale, indicating that women are much less likely than men to see the benefits and importance of asking for what they want.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: May 17, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822521483

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Insights on Linda Babcock & Sara Laschever's Women Don't Ask

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Heather’s response illustrates the fatalistic mindset many women have, believing that their circumstances are more fixed and absolute than they really are.

#2

The belief that opportunity only knocks once can be a barrier for women, who may assume that they must wait to be given the things they want or need. But the truth is that opportunity doesn’t always knock.

#3

The turnip to oyster scale measured peoples’ propensity to see possibilities for change in their circumstances. Low scorers were people who saw little benefit to asking for what they wanted because they believed their environment was unchangeable. High scorers were people who saw most situations as adaptable to their needs and regularly looked for ways to improve their circumstances.

#4

Women were 45 percent more likely than men to score low on the oyster-turnip scale, indicating that women are much less likely than men to see the benefits and importance of asking for what they want.

#5

The men we interviewed recounted numerous tales of assuming that opportunity abounds and reaping big rewards. For example, Steven, a 36-year-old college administrator, was married to a professor at the school where he worked. His wife was invited to spend a year as a visiting professor at a prestigious university in another city.

#6

When Mike, a 63-year-old entrepreneur, went to a New England private school as a boy, he heard many boys regretting that they would be unable to see a game between two rival schools because it would be held at the other school. Mike asked the train company if it would be possible to rent a train, and the entire school