I totally understand your point of view here. I have the benefit of having 5 older sisters who beat that impulse out of me. As a result it’s never bothered me to tell a woman what I think in a professional setting, be it positive or negative. I won’t lie though, I’ve gotten some very surprised expressions when I don’t sugar coat myself. …
I totally understand your point of view here. I have the benefit of having 5 older sisters who beat that impulse out of me. As a result it’s never bothered me to tell a woman what I think in a professional setting, be it positive or negative. I won’t lie though, I’ve gotten some very surprised expressions when I don’t sugar coat myself. Honestly though it usually leads to very good relationships with the women I work with. There’s no barrier to saying how you interpret things or wasted time in getting things done trying to tip toe around each other.
I would agree there. Unfortunately it’s going to be a steep hill to climb to teach society to not care about a woman’s feelings. It’s not just that women are on the whole a little more emotionally inclined, it’s that society and particularly men perceive them to be even more emotionally sensitive than they are most times. There’s two sides to every coin, this is one of the sides of affirmative action style policies.
The same can be said for the silver spoon/trust fund kids. You’re working against a lot of people’s instinct towards self preservation/career advancement. Not an easy problem to be sure.
I totally understand your point of view here. I have the benefit of having 5 older sisters who beat that impulse out of me. As a result it’s never bothered me to tell a woman what I think in a professional setting, be it positive or negative. I won’t lie though, I’ve gotten some very surprised expressions when I don’t sugar coat myself. Honestly though it usually leads to very good relationships with the women I work with. There’s no barrier to saying how you interpret things or wasted time in getting things done trying to tip toe around each other.
Which is good for you, I’d say, but doesn’t address the general problem of how people grow without experiencing anyone disagreeing with them.
Which to me is one of the great unaccounted externalities of women’s inclusion.
I would agree there. Unfortunately it’s going to be a steep hill to climb to teach society to not care about a woman’s feelings. It’s not just that women are on the whole a little more emotionally inclined, it’s that society and particularly men perceive them to be even more emotionally sensitive than they are most times. There’s two sides to every coin, this is one of the sides of affirmative action style policies.
The same can be said for the silver spoon/trust fund kids. You’re working against a lot of people’s instinct towards self preservation/career advancement. Not an easy problem to be sure.