International Women's Day 2011

[cybercoma]

Is Women's Day really necessary? They already have Mother's Day and Valentine's Day. How many more days dedicated to them do they need? Especially in North America.

Yes... because we all know that the only thing women are good for or need to aspire to is finding a sugar-daddy and making babies.

[WIP]

"Act like men" means to be ruthless? I don't think the values and priorities and attitudes of male CEOs are reflective of the male gender as a whole. I don't think that most men would make the kinds of decisions CEOs make or choose the priorities that CEOs have chosen.

Okay, call it 'acting like the men who dominate the corporate hierarchy' then.

I think the men who rise to the rank of CEO have gotten their based on their ability to act like CEOs (for better or worse.)

I think those rare women who achieve the rank of CEO are there because they act like CEOs.

So what does it mean to act like a CEO? I've heard it mentioned more than a few times that women in management feel expected to appear tough and aggressive, but fear being called bitches for doing so. A male boss may be able to get away with showing a sign of weakness more than a woman can. I just had a thought about that drunken asshole John Boehner, who became the leader of the House of Reps, and how he cries over everything, every time he gets up to make a speech. It may have a lot to do with being a booze hound, but even though he has been the butt of jokes lately, what would have happened if former House Leader Nancy Pelosi acted like this fool? I can't recall hearing about her crying over anything in public, and the first occasion would have likely ended her career.