When there's already a Donkey of the Week and its only Tuesday, you know its a doozy. Donkey of this Week is the 8 Ways Women can get ahead in the Workplace article that appeared on CNN yesterday. Thanks to this thought piece, broads like us are now much better positioned to tackle difficult office conditions. Take item #4 as an example, 'Don't ever, ever cry at work.' The blurb beneath this caption says, 'To avoid a meltdown, Levit says women should take time outside of work to think of situations that make them upset and practice how to cope with them calmly.' Sub text: Since women's temperatures run higher than men and hover at boiling point, at any time they can melt down and will lose all control over their emotions. This is a real concern so women should practice not crying at home in front of the mirror while they do their chest exercises from the Judy Blume novels us gals are always reading.
Item #8 admonishes, 'The way you look and talk matters.' The groundbreaking blurb beneath this caption is that 'When women communicate, they should stick with simple but confident sentences. The more words used, the softer the message sounds...women can also practice short speeches at home to help push their main ideas to the beginning.' Subtext: women should spend more time at home practicing being like men and if they have time to come into the office after all of these late night tutorials in front of the mirror, they should only do so speaking like Tarzan and Jane.
Is this a study on training apes or a how-to guide for women in the 21st century? Unclear. I think we can add a 9th item to this list entitled 'Women should stop perpetuating poor corporate images of other women in the workplace'. See that, I could have spent an extra 5 minutes doing my nightly exercises instead of reading this article and we would have all been better off!
Item #8 admonishes, 'The way you look and talk matters.' The groundbreaking blurb beneath this caption is that 'When women communicate, they should stick with simple but confident sentences. The more words used, the softer the message sounds...women can also practice short speeches at home to help push their main ideas to the beginning.' Subtext: women should spend more time at home practicing being like men and if they have time to come into the office after all of these late night tutorials in front of the mirror, they should only do so speaking like Tarzan and Jane.
Is this a study on training apes or a how-to guide for women in the 21st century? Unclear. I think we can add a 9th item to this list entitled 'Women should stop perpetuating poor corporate images of other women in the workplace'. See that, I could have spent an extra 5 minutes doing my nightly exercises instead of reading this article and we would have all been better off!
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