The Goldster Magazine Show with Humphrey Hawksley and Mary Anne Seighart
with Mary Anne Seighart Author of The Authority Gap: Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About it.04 March 2025
Why are women taken less seriously than men? Can men imagine living in a world in which you were routinely patronised by women. Imagine having your views ignored or your expertise frequently challenged by women. Imagine trying to speak up in a meeting, only to be talked over by female colleagues. Imagine being trolled by women on social media for daring to express an opinion. Author and broadcaster, Mary Ann Seighart, best-selling book is The Authority Gap: Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About it. Mary Ann spent 20 years as Assistant Editor and columnist at The Times and won a large following for her writing on politics, economics, feminism, parenthood and life in general. She has presented many programmes on BBC Radio 4, such as Start the Week, Profile, Analysis, Fallout and One to One. She is a Visiting Professor at the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at King’s College London and was Chair of the judges for the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2022. With Mary Ann, Goldster brings you a startling perspective on the unseen bias at work in women’s everyday lives, revealing the scale of the gap that still persists between men and women. The Authority Gap is a book that will make you angry and shake your head in disbelief. But it will also inspire you, because it contains the key to addressing these problems, mapping out the measures women can take, as individuals and society. Join Mary Ann Seighart in an enthralling conversation with Humphrey Hawksley at 1pm (UK time) on Tuesday March 4th on the Goldster Magazine Show and Podcast.
