Good Guys

Preface

In 2016, following the release of our first book, Athena Rising: How and Why Men Should Mentor Women, we were busy giving talks and workshops on engaging men to become more inclusive mentors. The conversations were rich and the work was rewarding, but it became increasingly clear that gender-based inequalities in society and our workplaces were more pernicious and pervasive than we’d imagined. Yes, men needed to get better and more deliberate at mentoring women, but in order to become full conspirators in addressing bias, sexism, pay inequities, and poor representation of women in leadership, men also needed to become better colleagues, advocates, and accomplices with women. Women were looking for more. They were looking for men to show ...