38th Street

evidenced-based insights supporting your career in STEM and trades

Understanding social behaviour in our workplaces, and the impact on women, is the first step for positive change. Articles connect the experiences of women in STEM and trades with social research to both validate and empower your journey. Categories include:

  • Coping in Non-inclusive Environments

  • Feminism for STEM and Trades

  • Gender Bias

  • Making it in a “Man’s World”

  • Leadership for Women in STEM and Trades

  • Informing Positive Change

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Hey Guys; This is Gender Microaggression 
Hey Guys; This is Gender Microaggression 

Gender microaggressions explain the subtle ways in which women are slighted and gas-lighted in male-dominated working and learning environments.

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How Women in Trades Experience Stereotype Threat
How Women in Trades Experience Stereotype Threat

Many women in trades feel the need to prove themselves again and again, and researchers have attributed this as one response to stereotype threat. Another response to stereotype threat is to actually under-perform because part of you might believe it when they say women can’t do the work as well as men. 

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What is 38th Street?

38th Street represents typical environments that shape us through our experiences and informs how we learn to fit in when those environments don’t necessarily include us.

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“Speaking with Lisa fundamentally changed the way I view industrial spaces and identify within male-dominated environments. It made me reflect on my own presentation within the workforce. This is a conversation which will stay with me for a long time. Thank you, Lisa!”
— Alexis Armstrong, The Smoko Podcast

Listen to my interview with Alexis