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· 4 years ago
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A corporation doesn’t NEED 50% male and 50% female leadership- but since slightly more than half the humans on earth are born of the female sex- if a corporation has 90%+ male leadership for decades or centuries on average- SOMETHING isn’t right. If half of corporations were 90%+ male leadership and half were closer to “even” that might still seem suspicious... but... sure- sometimes when you’re picking the most qualified people for a task you will get imbalances in representation. But when you’re consistently seeing a majority skew that way...? Unless we can quantify and as a society are going to say: “it turns out most men are just better at business than women.. oh. AND politics. Oh. And also sports. Oh. And combat. Oh. And the trades. Oh. And STEM fields... oh. And...” well... then I would say that there has to be better representation of women- especially since senior positions usually come from experience in less senior positions- so there is more to it.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
And men and women do often communicate differently in the workplace. My partner says things I work I couldn’t imagine. Sometimes when her coworkers- at least to me- seem to be playing politics or making power moves- her responses are far more passive or as I see them- “showing weakness” than what I might do.
guest_
· 4 years ago
I’ve noticed over the years with female friends, partners, and colleagues they can often be less likely to over state their abilities or take on tasks they are less than completely confident they can handle as opposed to most men I know who will just usually take on the task and figure it out as they go.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
It doesn’t help that since so many men are in positions of power- they’re more likely to respond positively and intuitively to the communication styles and attitudes of like minded men. This is a problem faced by many minority groups in the workplace- they are expected to conform themselves to another standard vs those who are more or less (within professional bounds) allowed to operate in a more natural manner. This also applies to an extent to the disadvantage faced by lower income people when trying to “move up” in society. We take for granted the tiny things that our subconscious notices and uses to asses people- we don’t see all the little “tells” of a persons background even if we process them on some level.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
As for parenting- a child also doesn’t NEED a mother and a father. It is certainly to their benefit to have loving and decent parents- two can be better than one as far as looking resources but also in giving a child different perspectives or exposing them to certain things. Multiple parents allows each to take a certain role and specialize in providing a certain benefit such as being the parent they feel most comfortable talking about certain subjects with- or being the parent who knows more about certain things.
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guest_
· 4 years ago
But having a terrible, abusive parent, or a parent with great unashamed ignorance- a parent who teaches the wrong thing and instead of building skills and knowledge builds scars and trauma.... that’s likely worse than one parent.
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pinkonwednesday
· 4 years ago
Wow this doesn’t make any sense
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