In a week from now, the society in which I reside will vote its management committee……….as has been the norm with several societies; women rarely feature in the scheme of such decision making bodies. Like most societies, ours is infested with dirty politics too. The last month has been rather nasty; few have been verbal with their accusations; few have taken the route of penning down their frustrations and sending out letters to all and sundry once in two days. Again it’s all the men who are doing the talking and the writing. Where are the women???
I have taken it on to myself to speak to all the women members to atleast be present for the elections this time but little did I realize that this would be such an uphill task. Some get too busy when this topic comes up for discussion; some have other plans on that day; and a few are open to admit that their husbands don’t want them to get involved in such matters!!
I am not someone who will give up so easily……………the fight is on………….I will carry on………. Need all positive energies coming my way…………………….
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Attagirl! Keep up the good work. Who cares if no one else in the colony is interested in it. Keep at it.
We moan and groan about the inequity in how the two genders are treated and it is really sad that so many women in your colony are doing nothing to correct it.
...there was an interesting (introspective) study by a big-5 accounting firm (Deloitte I believe it was) in the US a few years back as to why so few women became "Partners" in the firm. They tested and repudiated every obvious hypothesis (hiring, women dropping off career-wise as they sought to balance home and the office, obvious male biases vis-a-vis promotions, etc) and then hit upon the real one.
For some reason, women were slotted into the safe assignments (on proven technologies, known markets, etc) often by well-meaning bosses who did not want to be perceived as being misogynistic by giving them more difficult assignments.
When the time came for promotion/elevation to partner, a key criterion was their exposure to new technologies, areas, etc and naturally they consistently came up wanting....
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