being a woman in business

Sleeping Our Way To The Top

If you hear someone
say or post
that a woman
(or anyone else
but it is 99% of the time
a woman)
slept her way
to the top,
AVOID that person.

Don’t hire them.
Don’t partner with them.
Definitely don’t
work for them.

They are stating
quite clearly
that if they were
ever
in a power position,
they would expect
to receive
sexual favors
from everyone around them.

That is why
their first theory
on why anyone,
especially a woman,
got ahead
was
she f*cked the decision makers.

It is a giant red flag.
AVOID that person.

There are plenty of decent people
in this world.
Deal with them.

Taylor Swift, Elon Musk And Sexual Harassment

After Taylor Swift
revealed
she was voting
for Kamala Harris
in the US Presidential Election,
Elon Musk
posted
“Fine Taylor …
you win …
I will give you a child
and
guard your cats with my life”

Many of us
deal with this type of sexual harassment
every d@mn day
and we’re f*ckin’ tired of it.

And it IS sexual harassment.

The person saying it
knows they’re committing verbal violence
against a woman.
The woman targeted
knows it is an act of verbal violence.
The people listening
and saying nothing
know it is an act of verbal violence.

The only people who think
it is a joke
are other sexual harassers.

The goal of the comment
is to dim the woman’s light.
It is to stop the woman’s momentum.
It is to punish her
and to make her think twice
about using her power again.

Often, it is successful.
Which is why
so many men do it.

Don’t allow it to stop you
OR
the women around you.

See it for the tactic
it is.

The Troll Index

One of my buddies
tracks
what he calls
the Troll Index.

He’ll post a photo
on social media
of himself
wearing a mask.

Then he’ll count how many trolls
comment on that post.

A high number of trolls,
he’s found,
correlates to a COVID surge.

Trolls are usually paid
by entities to stop
actions from being taken.

More trolls
means more concern
those actions will be taken.

Which means
if you want
that action to be taken,
push HARDER
when the trolls are raging.

Childless Cat Ladies Unite

Straight white
Conservative/Republican men
are calling Kamala Harris
a childless cat lady.

They say that
as though it is a bad thing,
which is idiotic
as
being childless
and having cats
is AWESOME.

But they are saying this
to try to discourage people
from voting for
Kamala Harris
for President.

Even though
no President of the US
has EVER given birth.

Not one in the long history
of the USA.

This is misogyny, of course.

And it is a go-to insult
for that crowd
when they’re threatened
by a successful woman.

When you hear it,
know that’s what is happening
– they’re threatened by you
and they recognize you
as being successful.

Keep on doing
what you’ve been doing!