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This chapter is Mayock’s own story of gender shrapnel in the workplace. With this narrative, Mayock provides texture to the concepts of gender shrapnel, the feminist fuse, the professional mystique, and the glass ceiling. In particular, she describes the “Ow, it got me!” moments of gender shrapnel and the ways in which employees step through these minefields.
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I am grateful to an anonymous reader for Columbia University Press for this cogent summary of the Gender Shrapnel project.
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When my sister Molly Mayock read this section of my manuscript, she referred me to Brené Brown’s TED talk on vulnerability. Dr. Brown’s message in the talk is that, when we allow ourselves to feel and to be vulnerable, we also allow ourselves to be compassionate and to connect. We can make mistakes, say we’re sorry, and we can forgive mistakes if we can allow ourselves to feel both vulnerable and worthy of connection and love. Dr. Brown’s talk is both engaging and worth the watch.
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Mayock, E. (2016). Narratives of Gender Shrapnel. In: Gender Shrapnel in the Academic Workplace. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-50830-0_3
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