Ep 164. Michelle Travis: Dads for Daughters

<p>Michelle Travis is a law professor at the University of San Francisco’s School of Law, where she serves as a Director of USF’s Labor and Employment Law Program. She is an expert on employment discrimination law and serves as the Co-Director of USF’s Labor and Employment Law Program. Her research focuses on sex discrimination, gender stereotypes, work/family conflict, and disability discrimination in the workplace. She teaches courses on employment law and civil litigation, and she has won multiple teaching awards. She has a J.D. from Stanford Law School and a B.A. in psychology from Cornell University, and is also the author of an award-winning children’s picture book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/My-Mom-Has-Two-Jobs/dp/0997722061/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&amp;keywords=michelle+travis&amp;qid=1587671062&amp;sr=8-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>My Mom Has Two Jobs</em></a>, which celebrates working moms. She has a new book out,&nbsp; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dads-Daughters-Fathers-Better-Brighter/dp/1642501328/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&amp;qid=1587671093&amp;sr=8-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Dads For Daughters: How Fathers Can Give their Daughters a Better, Brighter, Fairer Future</em></a>.&nbsp;</p><br><p>In this episode, Stew and Michelle talk about the ways by which men can help empower women. In spite of the progress that’s been made, we still live in a world that’s profoundly unequal, with a massive gender pay gap and deeply-ingrained gender stereotypes. &nbsp; They discuss the various forms of resistance to change -- both psychological and cultural -- and steps that can be taken to to overcome them. &nbsp; And they explore how pandemic times present an unexpected opportunity for fathers to get more involved in caregiving and to raise their awareness of what it means to be a champion for gender equity.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Here’s a challenge, an invitation, for you to consider, after you’ve listened to this episode:&nbsp; What small step can you now take to hel