Dads for Daughters. Michelle Travis

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      Dads

      for

      Daughters

      Dads

      for

      Daughters

      How Fathers Can Give Their Daughters a Better, Brighter, Fairer Future

      Michelle Travis

      Coral Gables

      Copyright © 2020 Michelle Travis

      Dads for Daughters: How Fathers Can Give Their

      Daughters a Better, Brighter, Fairer Future

      Published by Mango Publishing,

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      Library of Congress Cataloging

      ISBN: (p) 978-1-64250-132-2 (e) 978-1-64250-133-9

      BISAC: FAM020000—FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Fatherhood

      LCCN: 2019948622

      Printed in the United States of America

      For my husband Richard

      and for my daughters, Jordan and Alex,

      who inspire me every day.

      Table of Contents

       Introduction

       Calling Dads of Daughters to Step Up for Gender Equality

       Chapter 1

Building Pipelines to the Top

Chapter 2

Making Workplaces Work for Women

Chapter 3

Welcoming Girls into STEM

Chapter 4

Confronting Gender Bias

       Chapter 5

       Rethinking Masculinity

       Chapter 6

       Being More Than Just a Sports Fan

       Chapter 7

       Engaging Other Men

       Chapter 8

       Flexing Empathy Muscles

       Chapter 9

       Drinking the Daughter Water

       Chapter 10

       Investing in Women Entrepreneurs

       Chapter 11

       Taking an Encore

       Chapter 12

       Leveraging Political Power

       Chapter 13

       Misusing Father-Daughter Power

       Conclusion

      Leading for Our Daughters

       Acknowledgments

       Notes

       About the Author

Introduction

Calling Dads of Daughters to Step Up for Gender Equality

      For decades, women have been breaking down barriers, cracking the glass ceiling, and proving and reproving themselves. Women have heeded expert advice to negotiate harder, be more confident, and take greater risks. Most recently, women have embraced Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s call to “lean in” to their careers with ambition and fearlessness. But despite all of this effort and tenacity, our next generation of girls is still growing up in a profoundly unequal world.

      Standing on the shoulders of so many women who have leaned in before them, today’s women have made remarkable progress, so it’s easy to believe that gender inequality is a