[W]omen who do ask for raises tend to be disliked, and often end up making lower starting salaries.
Stereotypes are that women are supposed to be modest and self-effacing. [W]hen men ask for raises they’re also often seen as negotiating for their families. So it may seem selfless for a man to negotiate for a raise because after all he has to support his family, whereas a woman, she’s just a prima donna on an ego trip.
To the extent that white men kind of get a pass on swagger, that’s denied to other people.
AI Built for Litigation. Verified by Design.
Grounded in authoritative content and verified at every step, Protégé is the only legal AI tool that delivers work you can trust—without exception.
— Professor Joan Williams of UC Hastings Law, author of What Works for Women at Work (affiliate link), commenting on wage and raise inequality based on gender and race in a New York Times Op-Talk blog post. Williams goes on to note that even if a woman is the family breadwinner, she stereotypically won’t be seen as holding that type of role.