Women in the Workforce... - justin_guber

Women in the Workforce...

As I sat at my cubicle wasting time during my lunch hour imagining what it would be like if God decided on more pranks on nature besides the duck billed platypus, a woman who I have noticed for sometime (it would be impossible not to) walked past, high heels click-clacking against the tiled floor, almost in a stomp, ranting and raving about some account and the fact that nobody seems to care about it. She then proceeded to grab a nearby phone, bark orders like a Gestapo boot camp general and slammed the phone down before stomping off in another direction, ranting and raving even more.

I've noticed this woman for some time. No idea which department she's in, though I'd assume it's servicing. No idea what her name is, but I've heard about her. Apparently she can crumble a man into a foetal child in the space of five seconds with a carefully chosen insult.

It's then that I realized something: all the women I have encountered in the world corporate communications & advertising seemto have similar traits. At least, the ones that really want to get ahead no matter what. These are the women that would walk into a board meeting with a set of cleavers and proclaim, 'if you don't take me as your equal, with a few short snips you fucking will be!'

These are the women that would make you think that PMS stood for 'Please! Make it Stop!' or 'Pretty Motherfucking Sadistic'.

It's not just her. I've noticed it, all around. They all seem to wear high heels, whilst the junior female designers are content with keeping quiet in their clogs or sneakers. They all seem to own at least one power suit. They walk with more than just 'chest pushed out' confidence. These women are ready to rip you apart out of their way with only their nipples.

But their voice, their words. These are their major weapons. These women, even if they are increadibly attractice, do not use their feminine charm to get their way. No. They use a motherly approach, if your mother just so happened to be a big black woman from St. Louis who'd clip you around the ear for bad language and chase you with a high heel shoe in her hand which she could fling with enough force to chop a tree down if she wanted to.

They will talk you down till you are no longer a man. I've experienced it. I've seen friends and colleagues experience it. It's not a pretty sight.

And their time is spent almost 90% on work. work work work. They eat sleep and drink the stuff. They bring their kids to work to show them how much fun it is to staple mommy's documents together.

But don't think their bad parents. Far from it. I've seen more than my fair share of examples where they are the most caring mothers in existence. Their children are usually their only weakness.

Is it the money that drives them? Is there really a very thick glass ceiling that requires them to kick 200& more ass than most men in their position to get the recognition they feel they deserve? Or do they just imagine the glass ceiling, and instead frighten the higher echelon into giving them a raise unless God forbid she rants and raves at them some more.

I'm sure there was a point to all this, and i think this is it: is it just me, is it just Malaysia, or is it just the corp. comm. advertising world, or are all professional women who want to get ahead like this? Trying to figure this out. Haven't met any dragon ladies in my friends accountancy firm yet.

Then again, I don't think it'd take much to scare an accountant.

31.5.04 07:31

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