— Articles, Media, and Podcasts —
Dr. Marianne Cooper has written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, Harvard Business Review, Slate, The Washington Post, and more. She is frequently quoted in The New York Times, Forbes, Fortune, Fast Company, The Atlantic, Harvard Business Review, Vanity Fair, and others. Dr. Cooper has been a podcast guest on the Equal Parts podcast by Care.com, the Harvard Women at Work podcast, and Bernstein Insights, among others.
By Marianne Cooper
Younger Women’s Experiences Show Gender Equity at Work Isn’t Inevitable, Harvard Business Review, November 1, 2024
We’ve Hit Peak Denial. Here’s Why We Can’t Turn Away From Reality, Scientific American, June 17, 2024
Women Aren’t Going Back to the Old Workplace, Politico, October 21, 2022
“Why Things Aren’t Better Yet,” Speak Up, Speak Out, HBR Women at Work, HBR press, 2022
Women Leaders Took on Even More Invisible Work During the Pandemic, Harvard Business Review, October 13, 2021.
Mothers’ Careers Are at Extraordinary Risk Right Now, The Atlantic, October 1, 2020.
Op-Ed: Elizabeth Warren, caught in the electability trap, Los Angeles Times, March 11, 2020.
How Business Can Engage Men as Allies for Gender Equality, Stanford Social Innovation Review, March 4, 2020.
The promotion gap is real. Here's how to fix it, CNN, October 17, 2019.
What to Do If You’re Being Sexually Harassed, The New York Times, 2019.
How Masculinity Contests Undermine Organizations, and What to Do About It, Harvard Business Review, November 2, 2018.
Too Many Women in Corporate America Are Still the Only Woman in the Room, Slate, October 26, 2018.
Women entrepreneurs are financially underserved — time to change that, The Hill, March 14, 2018.
The 3 Things That Make Organizations More Prone to Sexual Harassment, The Atlantic, November 27, 2017.
The Tech Industry Joins the Political Fray, The Atlantic, March 24, 2017.
The Infuriating Cancellation of Good Girls Revolt, The Atlantic, December 12, 2016.
Why Women (Sometimes) Don't Help Other Women, The Atlantic, June 23, 2016.
Why Financial Literacy Will Not Save America's Finances, The Atlantic, May 2, 2016.
We act as if work is optional for women. It’s not., The Washington Post, February 5, 2016.
The False Promise of Meritocracy, The Atlantic, December 1, 2015.
Yes, Even Doctor Barbie Sends Girls the Wrong Message, The Atlantic, November 8, 2015.
The Downsizing of the American Dream, The Atlantic, October 2, 2015.
For Women Leaders, Likability and Success Hardly Go Hand-in-Hand, Harvard Business Review, April 30, 2013.
Quotes by Marianne Cooper
Kamala Harris Is Breaking Barriers. She Just Isn’t Talking About It., New York Times, August 31, 2024
Corporate Women’s Gains Fall Victim to Anti-Woke Backlash, Bloomberg, June 24, 2024
Would Teacher Salaries Get There Quicker If More Teachers Were Men?, Forbes, March 9, 2024
‘It’s not about being a perfect parent’: Stanford sociologist shares 3 ways to succeed at work while raising kids, CNBC, March 2, 2023
An Iconic Brand Pulls Its New CEO Off the Glass Cliff, Bloomberg, November 18, 2022
Five Years After #MeToo, Here’s How HR Can Fight and Prevent Harassment, The Wall Street Journal, November 3, 2022
These single women say they face a workplace penalty, too, Washington Post, April 21, 2022
Young women earn more than men in 16 U.S. cities, Axios, April 2, 2022
These Women Left the Workforce. Here’s what they want in their next job, The Lily, December 18, 2021.
How the Workplace of the Future Could Leave Women Behind, Politico, November 15, 2021.
Remote Work was Supposed to Help Moms in the Pandemic. Instead it Hurt Them Most, The Lily, November 10, 2021.
Are Women on a Collision Course with the COVID Ceiling, Fortune, October 4, 2021.
How Parents Can Ask for Flexibility When Offices Reopen, New York Times, August 25, 2021.
America’s Workers are Exhausted and Burned Out - And Some Employers are Taking Notice, The Washington Post, June 29, 2021.
Pandemic Could Cost Typical American Woman Nearly $600,000 in Lifetime Income, Newsweek, May 26, 2021.
‘Stay-at-home parent’ will soon be an employment option on LinkedIn. It could help normalize caregiving, The Lily, April 8, 2021.
@DearPandemic: Meet the women answering burning questions big and small about COVID-19, National Geographic, March 10, 2021.
How the Pandemic Has Changed The Game For Working Moms—And What Comes Next, Parenting Magazine, February 3, 2021.
America’s Child-Care Crisis: ‘a Humanitarian Disaster,’ From Day One, November 23, 2020.
'I Come Up Short Every Day': Couples Under Strain As Families Are Stuck At Home, NPR Morning Edition, November 12, 2020.
Trump, Biden and the Tough Guy, Nice Guy Politics of 2020, The New York Times, November 1, 2020.
One potential pandemic upside: Performance reviews are getting simpler, The Washington Post, October 19, 2020.
Quitting was her only option. She is one of 865,000 women to leave the workforce last month, The Lily, October 7, 2020.
Elizabeth Warren and the Curse of ‘Electability,’ The New York Times, March 5, 2020.
At all costs, The Smart Set, February 6, 2020.
Moving Beyond Likability: 5 Principles For Women Leaders That Men Can Learn From Too, Forbes, November 25, 2019.
‘Masculinity Contest Culture’ is Killing Innovation at Work, Forge, November 14, 2019.
Wait, Are Coworkers Still Hooking Up With Each Other, Post-#MeToo?, Cosmopolitan, October 22, 2019.
Can nice women get ahead at work?, Quartz, September 19, 2019.
What Makes a Leader?, The New York Times, June 17, 2019.
From Inclusion to Support: How to Build a Better Workplace, The New York Times, June 17, 2019.
‘Likable’ or powerful: Why can’t women be both?, Houston Chronicle, June 14, 2019.
Keep Your Company’s Toxic Culture from Infecting Your Team, Harvard Business Review, April 29, 2019.
Why I Still Believe in Lean In, Vanity Fair, January 18, 2019.
Strip-Club Business Meetings Are Alive and Well in Age of #MeToo, Bloomberg Law, November 15, 2018.
The ‘Tight Rope’ of Testifying While Female, The New York Times, September 28, 2018.
What If a Female CEO Acted Like Elon Musk?, The Atlantic, August 17, 2018.
Emergency Responders and the Dangers of “Masculinity Contests,” Harvard Business Review, March 23, 2018.
Dealing with work stress by living a healthier home life, The Globe And Mail, March 8, 2018.
Will the #MeToo movement speed up the number of women in leadership or slow it down?, Washington Post, December 26, 2017.
Google has fired the employee behind that controversial diversity manifesto, Washington Post, August 7, 2017.
A lot of research shows that putting 13 male senators in charge of a health-care bill is a lousy idea, Washington Post, May 9, 2017.
Does San Jose Deserve the Nickname 'Man Jose'?, KQED, December 29, 2016.
The World’s Most Powerful Women: December 1, Fortune, December 1, 2016.
Why White Women Voted for Donald Trump, Fortune, November 30, 2016.
Vote Highlighted a Gender Gap, With Both Sides Feeling They’ve Lost Ground, The New York Times, November 9, 2016.
Why ambitious men are celebrated and ambitious women are criticized, Washington Post, November 3, 2016.
Hillary Clinton's Trump card: Competence will win her this election, not likability, First Post, October 30, 2016.
Hillary Clinton Shouldn't Be Faulted for Her Relentless Preparation, The Atlantic, September 27, 2016.
Can A Leader Become More Likeable?, Forbes, September 26, 2016.
Is There A Double Standard When Female CEOs In Tech Stumble?, NPR, August 3, 2016.
Congratulations, Theresa May. Now Mind the “glass cliff.”, Washington Post, July 12, 2016.
Debunking The Myth Of The Woman Card In Silicon Valley, Fast Company, May 20, 2016.
A Site Where Women Can Review Their Employers' Female-Friendliness, The Atlantic, February 9, 2016.
Gender equality in Silicon Valley won’t happen in our lifetime, says #HeForShe panel, The Next Web, January 8, 2016.
Podcasts
The Sociology of Sexual Harassment: Gender Dynamics at Work, The World Health Organization, #NoExcuse Podcast, August 20, 2024
What Sociology Says About Why Being a Working Mum Still Sucks, Tigerhall, March 8, 2023
Are Women Punished For Being Emotional At Work?, The Anxious Achiever, March 8, 2023
Women + Invisible Work, The Breadwinners, December 2021
The pandemic’s impact on working moms, Equal Parts, Care.com, November, 2020.
Why Things Aren’t Better, Yet, Women at Work, Harvard Business Review, June 10, 2019.
Women & Wealth: Leaning In with Dr. Marianne Cooper, Bernstein Insights, Alliance Bernstein, March, 2019.
What it’s like to be the only woman in the room, Tilted, Lean In, December 4, 2018.
Marianne Cooper on Families in Insecure Times, Office Hours, The Society Pages, May 1, 2017.