TIL of the concept of the "glass cliff", whereby women or ethnic minorities are often handed the reins of power only as the organisation or government in question is at its most vulnerable to failure

58008@lemmy.world · 5 days ago

TIL of the concept of the "glass cliff", whereby women or ethnic minorities are often handed the reins of power only as the organisation or government in question is at its most vulnerable to failure

resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe · 4 days ago

You conveniently left out the next sentence:

Additional research has indicated that women and other minorities view risky job offers as the only chance they are likely to get.

If you’re in the C-suite, you know enough to make an informed decision. And that boards always look for a pliant CEO.

And if you don’t know those things, why are you in the C-suite?

They aren’t scooping people up off the street and making them CEOs.

randy@lemmy.ca · 4 days ago

I’m no longer sure what point you’re trying to make, but I don’t think I’m disagreeing with you. As MrEff described, and as you quoted, an underprivileged person might choose to hold the bag even if they have all the information because it’s the best chance they could get. And as I quoted, an underprivileged person might not have all the information. Both of these things can be true, and both show ways that whole classes of people can be mistreated.

TIL of the concept of the "glass cliff", whereby women or ethnic minorities are often handed the reins of power only as the organisation or government in question is at its most vulnerable to failure

TIL of the concept of the "glass cliff", whereby women or ethnic minorities are often handed the reins of power only as the organisation or government in question is at its most vulnerable to failure

Glass cliff - Wikipedia