Tag Archives: working women

Republican Politician To Offer Class On “Posture, Deportment And Feminine Presence.” Yes, Seriously.

Jessica WakemanJuly 3, 2012 //
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Update: 4p.m. Well, that was quick. State Senator Mary Marty Golden’s website has canceled the event. I guess you’ll have to learn your feminine wiles elsewhere. [New York Observer]

Please tell me this is a joke. This is a joke, right?

The office of a Republican politician in Brooklyn, New York, will be offering a class for women in his district about “Posture, Deportment, and Feminine Presence.” Ostensibly this is a career development event about etiquette, but the packaging is really, really WTF. Keep reading »

Elizabeth Wurtzel Pens The Most Nasty, Judgmental Linkbait About Women You’ll Read Today

Jessica WakemanJune 15, 2012 //
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I am going to smack the next idiot who tells me that raising her children full time — by which she really means going to Jivamukti classes and pedicure appointments while the nanny babysits — is her feminist choice.

This is how writer Elizabeth Wurtzel begins a piece on TheAtlantic.com entitled titled “1 Percent Wives Are Helping To Kill Feminism And Make The War On Women Possible.”

You know, subtle.

And it goes downhill from there. Keep reading »

1-In-5 Women Has Never Had A Mentor — Have You?

Jessica WakemanOctober 26, 2011 //
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Managing men as a female boss can be a balancing act. Read More »
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One in five women has never had a mentor in her career, according to new data released by the LinkedIn Blog. Eighty-two percent said that nearly 1,000 women surveyed said they realize that having a mentor could be important for her career. And yet a good one-fifth of the women surveyed were going at it alone, possibly because, as more than half of those un-mentored women reported, they never found someone who was appropriate.

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What Free Stuff Should Women Get At Work?

Susannah BreslinSeptember 30, 2010 //

Work is FUN, but, no doubt, it would be even funner if, in addition to a paycheck, your job gave you a lot of free stuff. Here at The Frisky, we ladies want everything from Sour Patch Kids to umbrellas on rainy days. Of course, most working women wouldn’t mind free child care and a complimentary laptop, too. What do you want for free at work? Keep reading »

All The Single Ladies … Are Closing The Gender Wage Gap!

Julie GersteinSeptember 20, 2010 //

Go on girls — women under 30 have made great gains on their male counterparts in the workplace. Single working women under 30 now make eight percent more than their comparably aged male counterparts — and as much as 21 percent more in some cities.

According to an analysis of Census data by Reach Partners, women are making such leaps thanks to an influx of educated women in the workforce. Women are now graduating from college at a rate of 1.5 times more than men — and that means that women are seeing particularly large gains in cities with knowledge-based economies. Keep reading »

Sexism Still Pays Off For Men

SimchaSeptember 24, 2008 //

Growing up, my mom and dad shared the responsibility of bringing home the bacon…well, the proverbial bacon — we’re Jewish. Anyway, my mom was a realtor and good at her job, but I’ll never forget her main competitor. His wife didn’t work and he was a jerk, the kind of guy who used too much hair grease and put his cheesy head shot up at bus stops. While my mother kept me in enriching after school programs, this other slick Realtor dude would scam his clients for sympathy by dragging his son around to meetings. One particular prospective female client even told my mother she was going to go with this guy because he was really his family’s breadwinner. Puke — that’s some serious girl-on-girl crime! I was always proud of my mama for Mary Tyler Moore-ing it up in the face of sexist foolishness, but apparently this chauvinist realtor isn’t the only man who has cashed in on close-mindedness.

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Women In Norwegian Boardrooms

Catherine StrawnMarch 6, 2008 //

Getting more women into boardrooms is certainly important — 9 percent of the S&P 500 have all-male boards — so in Norway, the government is taking steps to increase equality. Publicly held companies in the country that don’t meet a compulsory 40 percent female non-executive board requirement risk dissolution. Because of the requirement, put in place two years ago, Norway now has the highest proportion of female non-executive directors in the world. But the quota also means that men are getting let go in order to make room for more women. Do you think this is a good idea for helping women get experience and make a bigger impact in the business world, or will it only breed resentment? [Guardian.co.uk] Keep reading »