Tag Archives: Lean In

April 14

The Ban Bossy Campaign: Why I Can’t Get on the Bandwagon

I hate the “Ban Bossy” Campaign. It actually makes me angry.  For one thing, this campaign makes broad statements without concrete evidence, blames one word for women’s issues in the work place and girl’s lack of leadership and just seems frivolous.  What makes it worse is that I actually really wanted to like the campaign […]

March 20

Poll: The “Ban Bossy” Campaign

The Lean In Community has started a new campaign called “Ban Bossy.”  The purpose of this campaign is to stop the confidence gap that forms in girls as a result of being called “bossy” when they assert themselves.  A quote from the website, “When a little boy asserts himself, he’s called a “leader.” Yet when […]