ForbesWoman

I recently came across ForbesWoman, a section of Forbes.com that contains news articles for/about businesswomen.  Naturally, I was excited to share this with you all - but then, just as I was about to start blogging, I decided to check and see if Forbes had a section just for men.  I wasn't able to find one.

I even tried running a search for "forbesman."  Interestingly, this is was the result:

Apparently, in the world of the Forbes.com search engine, "Forbes" is akin to "man."  I trust that I'm not the only person who is disturbed by this.  I am, of course, more than willing to admit my mistake if ForbesMan does exist, but somehow, I suspect that it doesn't.

I think it's great that Forbes has a section just for businesswomen - but what about businessmen? Sometimes I think that although they have the very best intentions at heart, institutions like Forbes are only furthering the gender gap by specifically targeting businesswomen.  To me, the creation of a section such as ForbesWoman gives off the impression that women require additional attention because everything else is focused on men (my "forbesman" search results don't exactly prove otherwise).  I'm not trying to attack or accuse Forbes though - I just think that it's section for women is indicative of a larger issue in the business world.

That said, ForbesWoman is clearly worth looking at: the articles are relevant, interesting, and insightful.

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