How The Women On Obama's Staff Made Sure Their Voices Were Heard

''Breaking into a male-dominated industry is hard ― breaking into a male-dominated administration might be even harder.

According to a Washington Post report, two thirds of President Barack Obama’s top aides were men when he took office. Many of those aides had worked for his campaign, making it difficult for women new to his staff to work their way into high-up positions in the White House. But as more and more women made their way into the important conversations, they used the “amplification” strategy to ensure that their voices were heard.

One of the most notoriously frustrating aspects of workplace sexism for women is being overlooked in meetings ― whether you’re “manterrupted” or have an idea “bropropiated” ― but with the “amplification” strategy, women in meetings repeated each other’s ideas, crediting the women who came up with them, and forcing men to acknowledge that women had just as much to contribute...''

by Jenavieve Hatch