The third annual Cleveland Women in Science and Medicine Discussion Series, Tuesday, February 20, 2018, at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.
Carefully Constructed Femininity: Women, Leadership, and Untangling the Double Bind Women leaders are required to function in a manner consistent with both gender role and leadership role expectations – which are often contradictory and place women in a double bind. The discussion featured Diane Bergeron, PhD (Case Western Reserve University) who provided a brief overview of the research on role expectations – gender, leadership, minority, scientist – and how they contribute to women’s double bind. This was followed by an interactive panel discussion moderated by Cynthia Kubu, Ph.D., that included a diverse group of thought leaders in Cleveland including Ka-Pi Hoh, PhD (Operations Manager, Lubrizol Corporation), Tom Mihaljevic, MD (CEO, Cleveland Clinic), Denise Su, PhD (Curator and Head of Paleobotany & Paleoecology, Cleveland Museum of Natural History), Cyrus Taylor, PhD (Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, Case Western Reserve University), and Terri Wimms, BSN, MSN (Executive Director, Hospice Operations, Kindred Hospice). Together we examined how role expectations limit organizations’ ability to benefit from the entire talent pool, exchange successful tactics, and how to return to our workplaces with new strategies to untangle the double bind many women face.
