Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Chicago Tribune

    Balancing Act: Men are from Waffle House, women are from IHOP — and other sexist nonsense we learned from Ernst & Young

    by Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune Oct 28, 2019 3 minutes

    I'm still trying to get my head around the pancake thing.

    "Women's brains absorb information like pancakes soak up syrup so it's hard for them to focus," female executives were told at an Ernst & Young training seminar in 2018. "Men's brains are more like waffles. They're better able to focus because the information collects in each little waffle square."

    Men are from Waffle House, women are from

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from Chicago Tribune

    Chicago Tribune4 min read
    Commentary: Was Sweden’s COVID-19 Approach Superior To That Of The US?
    COVID-19 cases and deaths internationally have fallen to their lowest levels in four years. The data now permits a comparison between the controversial laissez faire strategy of Sweden and the more restrictive approach of the United States, which emp
    Chicago Tribune6 min read
    In Memoriam: As A ’90s Producer And Music Tastemaker, Steve Albini Was Brutally Honest — And Usually Right
    CHICAGO — Steve Albini, who died on Tuesday in Chicago at 61, talked a lot. Like, a lot a lot. The first time I met him was about 30 years ago. I was a graduate student at Northwestern University and assigned to interview somebody, and I had just bou
    Chicago Tribune6 min read
    Tiny Pieces Of Plastic Pose One Of The Biggest Threats To Chicago River Wildlife And Water Quality
    CHICAGO — Wendella engineer Miguel Chavez climbed down a ladder and over a small dock Wednesday to pull up a trap floating in the Chicago River near the Michigan Avenue Bridge. The size of a standard garbage can, the trap is designed to collect trash

    Related Books & Audiobooks