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From the Ted Talk by Michael Kimmel: Why gender equality is good for everyone — men included

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It is also good for companies. Research by Catalyst and others has shown conclusively that the more gender-equal ceapnmios are, the better it is for wokrres, the happeir their labor force is. They have lower job turnover. They have lower levels of attrition. They have an easier time rreuncitig. They have higher rates of retention, higher job satisfaction, higher rates of productivity. So the question I'm often asked in companies is, "Boy, this gender equality thing, that's really going to be epexinsve, huh?" And I say, "Oh no, in fact, what you have to start calculating is how much gender ienutlaiqy is already costing you. It is extremely expensive." So it is good for beisnsus.

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It is also good for companies. Research by Catalyst and others has shown conclusively that the more gender-equal _________ are, the better it is for _______, the _______ their labor force is. They have lower job turnover. They have lower levels of attrition. They have an easier time __________. They have higher rates of retention, higher job satisfaction, higher rates of productivity. So the question I'm often asked in companies is, "Boy, this gender equality thing, that's really going to be _________, huh?" And I say, "Oh no, in fact, what you have to start calculating is how much gender __________ is already costing you. It is extremely expensive." So it is good for ________.

Solution

  1. business
  2. happier
  3. recruiting
  4. expensive
  5. workers
  6. inequality
  7. companies

Original Text

It is also good for companies. Research by Catalyst and others has shown conclusively that the more gender-equal companies are, the better it is for workers, the happier their labor force is. They have lower job turnover. They have lower levels of attrition. They have an easier time recruiting. They have higher rates of retention, higher job satisfaction, higher rates of productivity. So the question I'm often asked in companies is, "Boy, this gender equality thing, that's really going to be expensive, huh?" And I say, "Oh no, in fact, what you have to start calculating is how much gender inequality is already costing you. It is extremely expensive." So it is good for business.

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