Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
“Masculinity is my new frontier,” says Ashley Martin, an associate professor of organizational behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Martin, whose work examines why gender plays such a central role in how we perceive and make sense of others, has been looking at how traits associated with masculinity are simultaneously organizationally rewarded even as they’re personally harmful to men.
“We spend a lot of time talking about gender inequality through the lens of women’s disadvantage,” she says. “I think that many of the problems that we’re seeing today… are actually bound up in masculinity.”
What impact do you think masculinity and femininity have on our work and our world? Tell us more at ifthenpod@stanford.edu.
Related Content:
- Ashley Martin faculty profile: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/faculty/ashley-martin
- Is That Self-Driving Car a Boy or a Girl?: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/self-driving-car-boy-or-girl
- Why Taking Gender Out of the Equation Is So Difficult: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/why-taking-gender-out-equation-so-difficult
If/Then, from Stanford GSB, features conversations with faculty that explore how their research deepens our understanding of business and leadership.
Find out more about If/Then: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/business-podcasts/if-then
Listen on:
🔊 Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/if-then/id1725380194
🔊 Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1v7V6LGUxfplMByTpVwk7h?si=38f353685fec4dd5
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“Masculinity is my new frontier,” says Ashley Martin, an associate professor of organizational behavior at Stanford Graduate School of Business. Martin, whose work examines why gender plays such a central role in how we perceive and make sense of others, has been looking at how traits associated with masculinity are simultaneously organizationally rewarded even as they’re personally harmful to men.
“We spend a lot of time talking about gender inequality through the lens of women’s disadvantage,” she says. “I think that many of the problems that we’re seeing today… are actually bound up in masculinity.”
What impact do you think masculinity and femininity have on our work and our world? Tell us more at ifthenpod@stanford.edu.
Related Content:
- Ashley Martin faculty profile: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/faculty/ashley-martin
- Is That Self-Driving Car a Boy or a Girl?: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/self-driving-car-boy-or-girl
- Why Taking Gender Out of the Equation Is So Difficult: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/insights/why-taking-gender-out-equation-so-difficult
If/Then, from Stanford GSB, features conversations with faculty that explore how their research deepens our understanding of business and leadership.
Find out more about If/Then: https://www.gsb.stanford.edu/business-podcasts/if-then
Listen on:
🔊 Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/if-then/id1725380194
🔊 Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/1v7V6LGUxfplMByTpVwk7h?si=38f353685fec4dd5
#gsbifthen #gsbpodcasts
