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1. I agree with the workplace thing. The discrimination. I've read that for every dollar a man makes, a woman makes 75 cents.
Alright I would like to clarify this issue because people who ***** about how woman earn less than men on average and flaunt statistics like that irritate me. First off yes, statistically speaking men earn more money than woman, and far more men hold extremely high level executive positions than woman. Now the reality which most people do not realize about these statistics is that they dont tell you much of anything. There are many factors that are not shown in these results, but I will just address two of them: The amount of personal/social life one is willing to sacrifice in order to get ahead, and the general attitude someone has to hold in order to progress quickly in a company.
The first factor I mentioned (sacrifice of personal/ social life) is fairly major. Some one who is going to try and aim to be a vice-president of a major corporation is not going to have time for much of a social life, and will need to be able to lead a hectic life style. Basically if the company says you are needed for an important meeting China in a week, and you have a friends wedding to attent while your away, the company gets priority. Furthermore, dont expect to spend much time with your family either, and you better be prepared to consistently work late, leaving little time for anything else. Remember in buisness there are atleast 1,000 other people with your exact same skills or better that are willing to work crazy hard to get a high level position, and you are competing with every single one of them.
The second factor I mentioned (attitude towards addressing issues) also plays a big roll in how you will do. Basically you are playing the "cover your own ass" game. Addressing issues in a way that most benifits your company isn't neccessarily what you want to do (despite what your wonderful compay mission statement says), its what is easiest and most benifical to you.
Anyways, while I feel there is no doubt SOME descrimination I doubt theres actually that much, because not only are there laws against this, the person who is responsable for highering or promoting you typically benifits directly if he makes good choices based on skill, so he is going to do his best to get the right people. There are so many other mental/physical differences and factors that play into these things that without more information these statistics have very little value for me.
Note: Oh and out of my 5 aunts and my mother, four of them work (or have worked for an extended period of time) a respectable and high level job ($100k/year+), except two because I don't see them very often and I'm not sure if they even have a job, or what that might be.
Note: Also these are figures of you parents earning for the most part, (I'm saying this because I dont see many people over the age of 24 here), where there was without a doubt much more discrimination in choosing your profession (or what university degree you would get if any)
..Yeah I didn't really read that all but it's a known fact that if you are over 6", you are more likely to get a job/job promotion/better job than most people around the 5"5 and below arena.
I'm still a tomboy up to this day [last time I wore ANY kind of makeup was in kindergarten]. It annoys people to no end. >_> Like, fuck off, will you? I can wear boxers if I want to [not saying I do].
