This loneliness epidemic isn't another headline we can shrug off - it's a direct threat to our fundamental need to belong, which is hardwired into us for survival. For nearly 300,000 years, the human species survived in tight-knit tribes - small groups where people had each other's backs. Being cast out wasn't awkward; it was a death sentence. Those exact same associations remain in our brains today: Disconnection = danger. Belonging = safety. So, when we lose meaningful connection, our bodies respond as if something is terribly wrong. Stress rises, well-being declines, and both mental and physical health suffer.
Women are ruining the workplace. Before women, of course, the workplace was perfect. It was full of trees. There was no need to labor with your hands. You didn't have to wear pants, or any form of clothes. Every kind of animal was there. You could just sit around all day and call, "Quiet. Quiet, piggy!"and nobody batted an eye, except for the pigs. It was your job to name them.
Recently, New York Times opinion columnist Ross Douthat moderated a debate on the Interesting Times podcast between Helen Andrews and Leah Libresco Sargeant, two conservative critics of modern feminism. The podcast received major blowback, starting with (but not ending with) the fact that the original headline of the conversation was "Did Women Ruin the Workplace?" Quickly, after the predictable backlash hit, the headline was changed to "Did Liberal Feminism Ruin the Workplace?"
If you receive feedback at work, it's only a matter of time until you receive some critical (negative) feedback. How you handle it can make the difference between an ultimately positive experience and one in which you feel angry, hurt, or demoralized. Here are five questions to ask yourself in the face of critical feedback. 1) Is the feedback credible? That is, does the feedback come from someone in a good position to provide it?
There's little doubt that autistic people are the most unemployed, underpaid, and overeducated disability population. While no research suggests that autistic people are poor workers, there is research that shines a light on how well their bottom-up processing and "noisy brains" make them particularly suited for plenty of productive work. Autistic people may face serious challenges in the work world because of their sensitivity to social justice, their lack of awareness of hierarchy.
