Thursday, November 28, 2019

Grief inequality

Are women "allowed" to feel grief more intensely by our society, where boys were traditionally taught crying was weakness?

Are we penalized for grieving by our professional codes of conduct (does your organization have rules of engagement - are consoling hugs allowed?) or leave policies?

If a woman has traditionally taken on care-giver mode, or suffers a miscarriage, is there a way we should be looking to equal out time that organizations provide for bereavement leave?

And the flip side of that coin, if a male then takes on the lion's share of a caregiving role, or in today's world of increasing gender fluidity, how can we look to lead our organizations to being more people-focused in bereavement policies?

And in what office was a decision made that a parent's death would be felt more significantly (allowing more paid time off by many policies) than a dear friend?


I don't have any answers... just some questions I am mulling over at the moment.

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