women in the workforce
by Dahmer on Feb.05, 2010, under Human Interactions
Women: Genetically chained to being a stay-at home mom? Caregivers of the universe? Queens of the submissive male phsyche? A rat race to become a trophy wife?
Whos to say that they can’t be whatever they want, just as us bacon-bringers always had the opporunity to do? From what the golden age trend portrayed, women have always had this “job” to do. Their full-time, 24-7 career of mothering, cleaning, and household commanding officer. Not an easy career choice by any means, I sure as fuck couldn’t do it, but it’s the job that literally keeps the world turning, so mad props to them.
The workforce is making a turn, and of course over the last couple decades, women can be seen in every trade and discipline. Women want to be entrepreneurs, doctors, lawyers, culinary artists… and firefighters, medics, soldiers. I believe that they should have always been entitled to this, but situationally, they naturally used to lead a domesticated family-oriented life.
I speak more about the blue collar grunt work of trade careers. The firefighters, paramedics, military, construction – shit like that. The human resources folk of these trades have decided that the best Public Relations investment is to meet quotas of female to male ratios, of minority to majority equilibriums, and I think that’s a crock of shit. First and foremost, I have come across many a woman that could whip Schwarzenneger into shape, and I would expect nothing less than someone looking to fulfill the requirements of a job that needed it. Put simply, if you’re a chick and you want the job, I’ve seen examples of women just like you who can easily make the cut. There’s a reason for tough jobs – they’ve got a tough fucking job to do, and they need tough people. That has nothing to do with if you’re white, black, male, female, green, martian, arab, or jew. They need the best people for the job to get the best results of a rough day at work.
Let me give you an example. You’re driving home from work and some douchebag drunk driver hits you head on. The lower half of your body becomes completely entangled in the spiderweb of steel and aluminum. You’re barely conscious as your blood pressure rapidly drops as your perfuse blood onto the floor mats. You’ve got minutes to live. Who would you rather have save you? someone who got the job of rescueing you because of concessions made by their department? or a faceless human in a uniform who is the fucking best of the best because the application system picked them to succeed in that exact situation?
If you want the job, play the part.
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February 16th, 2010 on 8:13 am
Nicely written…some thoughts on women:
The social, cultural, and political attitudes of modern society have enabled women to seize some power from men, despite being treated unfairly by unethical leaders, who continue to reinforce the “glass ceiling.” Women understand that fruitful conversations promote sound business relationships and teamwork, thus contributing to an improvement in the bottom line.
Women are usually well organized: they manage a dual career, as homemakers and professional employees. Women often regard their fellow employees as family and take time to ascertain their personal needs. Hence, they can sometimes be taken undue advantage of. Competition is strange to most women because they were groomed for caring, rather than winning!
Fay Weldon, a writer, stated, “Worry less about what other people think of you, and more about what you think about them.” A former mayor of Ottawa once said, “Whatever women do, they must do twice as well as men to be thought of as half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult!”
When women start to follow in the footsteps of many men, by being intoxicated by power, they lose their identity and bearings. Women should focus on a diplomatic approach and learn how to exude self-confidence while maintaining self-respect and deal with the competition without being intimidated or taken undue advantage of.
Women who achieve powerful positions in the corporate world may be subjected to personal and professional attacks because of their gender. Independent women are strong, fearless, and in control of their homes, families, emotions, and their working environment. They tackle problems with a heads-on approach, being steadfast in their pursuit of success and happiness.
Men and women should operate as a team, both within a corporate environment and outside one with synergy in mind. Members of either gender should not feel threatened by the presence or performance of the opposite sex. What we need is a positive approach to life and business in an attempt to increase personal, corporate, national, and international welfare, rather than a power struggle which is gender-oriented.
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