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Book SynopsisAn incisive, intersectional look at the mother of all gender biases: a resistance to women’s authority and power.
Trade Review"Persuasive.… [P]unchy and incisive.… I would warmly recommend [this book] to men." -- James McConnachie - Sunday Times
"Mary Ann Sieghart combines an absorbing review of the contemporary evidence on the systematic undervaluing of women with some powerful new insights. There is much to learn from this book, including some very practical tips on creating change that you can implement the minute after you turn the last page." -- Julia Gillard, former prime minister of Australia
"Well-written and illuminating.… [
The Authority Gap] has some excellent comebacks, statistics and arguments for the rest of us to use against the office sexists, or to understand better the gap that harms even very successful women." -- Isabel Berwick - Financial Times
"At last, here is a credible roadmap that is capable of taking women from the margins to the center by bridging the authority gap that holds back even the best and most talented of women." -- Mary McAleese, former president of Ireland
"Sieghart draws together a remarkable wealth of research… to analyse and deconstruct this pervasive underestimation of women’s competence.… An impassioned, meticulously argued and optimistic call to arms for anyone who cares about creating a fairer society." -- Stephanie Merritt - Observer
"Thorough and sometimes enraging.… [Sieghart] takes something ubiquitous, something that perhaps many have become desensitised to, and slowly exposes its far-reaching implications." -- Nesrine Malik - Guardian
"Sieghart writes with empathy, clarity and passion.… The book is enormously authoritative, knitting together academic studies with interviews of leading public figures." -- Frieda Klotz - Irish Independent
