Deb Liu is the VP of Platform and Marketplace at Facebook. She's working to address the challenges that women in tech are facing both on day to day basis, and through a non-profit she co-founded called Women in Product, which brings together women who build. Listen to our conversation here:
Deb also wrote and recorded a special "audio OpEd" for us about sexist language at work. Much of this language is hiding in plain sight. Want to take her challenge? Track how many of the words below you use or hear in a given day. Listen to her OpEd here:
"Male words"
Compiled by Deb Liu
Two-man rule
Man-on-man defense
Gentlemen's agreement
Old Boys Club
Man up
Ballsy
Two guys in a garage (starting a startup)
Right-hand man
That's his boy
Poster boy
Man bites dog
Manpower
Wingman
White man's burden
Strawman
Key man risk
Everyman
Middleman
Great man myth
Grow a pair
Big boy pants
Cowboy
Guys
Dude
Man hours
Man sprints
Quarterback
Manning a booth
Everyone and their brother
Deb Liu