To all you aspiring Mrs. Maisels out there, I've got bad news: Don't try to be funny. Certainly not in the workplace. Because if you tell jokes or deploy humor in a business setting, you will lose ...

I’ll admit it. When I go to an improv show and I see a woman on stage, I brace myself. “Please be funny, please be funny.” Why do I do that? I’m a feminist! Why do I internalize this idea that women ...

Women in leadership roles often get penalized when they’re seen as acting too aggressive at work. They often walk a precarious tightrope, expected to act like a “leader” but also criticized for acting ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kim Elsesser covers issues that impact women in the workplace. There's no shortage of advice for female leaders, and the latest is ...

Female superhero films are few and far between, and they usually bomb. But this week things may change as DC’s leading female superhero, Wonder Woman, gets a film of her own with a woman director.

Researchers in a study analyzed how men and women react to humor in the workplace. The study found both high and low-status men, as well as high-status women, were viewed more positively when using ...

Everybody wants to date someone with a good sense of humor. But as it turns out, not all humor is equally attractive — and some say men prefer ladies who joke like dudes. BusinessInsider reports on a ...

Imagine that you are a woman, sitting alone in a bar. A young attractive man at a table next to you is joking with his friends and making them laugh. After a few minutes his friends leave and he ...

Over Jayna Fey’s 15 years in the workforce, she’s been called too assertive, too comfortable, too “frowny,” too familiar. Accurate or not, she used to make self-deprecating jokes about these traits.

Imagine that you are a woman, sitting alone in a bar. A young attractive man at a table next to you is joking with his friends and making them laugh. After a few minutes his friends leave and he ...