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One thing that probably contributes to my utter contempt for things corporate is the fact that sexism is still rampant-so they can't pat us on the ass these days....so what?

Their views are still colored (if they are that way) and they act accordingly. From a boss I once worked for who put his mistress in charge of us with a fat salary (and holy hell....said woman had the IQ of a potato) to this latest batch of goofs who only speak to the male, out of three regional managers.

I assume my female colleague and I are just smart enough to obey orders and they have already decided, without ever talking to either one of us, that we are stupid.

We have no worthwhile thoughts or solutions, only the male is worth asking anything of. They have been this way since day 1.

Now that we have completed installing a huge new program for them they are looking for someone to run it. Again neither of us were even asked, I found out today they are interviewing tomorrow.

With the way I am, well I am NOT suprised hahaha....I wouldn't consider me either. Because I long ago saw this circus for what it is and refuse to jump through any hoops for them. I am far from stupid.

But what about my female cohort who does not display the ignorant attitude I do? Their mega hoop jumper? The GOOD Dog and responsible corporate denizen?

She wasn't considered either and is fully capable of doing the job.

How sad is that? The one who is nice and worked herself into the ground for them....the one who hospitalized herself with stress for them. Ignored as certainly as this smartass coasting undriven one~yours truly. The position being offered would be a lot less stress for her, if that was any concern of theirs-and they've shown it is not.

Now some clown gets to waltz in and just "manage" what we did........how nice. I suppose we now go back to our neglected other job and try to clean that mess back up while someone new gets a shiny new operation. That we built. Where was anyone while we were DOING it? The hard part is OVER.
What this says to me is that we are just considered glorified grunts.....ooooooooh I have a business card........so whoopee for me I'm a corporate cleaning lady.

I've earned this attitude. As a young woman I was optimistic, hardworking and vowed to myself I'd never get by on my looks, I am too damned smart to have to.
So THERE world!

Twenty years later.....time and again I've seen bimbos get ahead (after giving said "ahead").

And even better, I've never been taken seriously....no matter how I behaved myself or dressed or even with a Trade (704X Fitter) license in my mitt. I'm sooo damn cute (operative word is DAMN). And looking young is great...until you realize people don't listen to you much, and don't look at you as knowledgable. Even talk down to you, as if one was a teenager..."When you get to be my age".

"Oh yes Wise Sage, three years older than me...what is the secret to Life?"

My experience in the workforce has shown me I would have been much better off swinging around a pole for a living and just being smart with the money for the early retirement age. Or maybe I should have stayed with bartending. With my IQ, with my mechanical ability and artistic aptitude, with everything I ever brought to the table worthless beside........my ass in some booty shorts.

Look at the media...society is still extremely Cro-Magnon in it's typecasting of its female people. Rap videos are a great example. A very pervasive attitude. Men want to look at women in various states of undress and that's cool....most of my pals are men...I get it....but how about in the damned workplace valuing and rewarding the rest of us a bit more? Economically. We have other parts.......

How about also taking into account that our outsides do not often match our insides? I have big butchy looking female friends who can't change a spark plug or their oil...and many biker male pals who can't either, come to think of it hahaha...........
Meanwhile I can rebuild a motorbike myself. Stereotypes........this one is tough and this one is dippy and that one is......

There's a few rude men who crossed my path that learned looks can be deceiving. And a lot of dudes who likely stayed stranded on the side of the road after I stopped and offered to help them and they giggled me away. It's 2009. We have a Black President...when maybe 200 years ago they were still treated like slaves!

But a woman handy with a wrench is still FUNNY and CUTE and very often still ignored? WTF? We have not "come a long way Baby", not near long enough for my liking.

When I look at my past workforce life I realize I could of had a ton less stress and ended up with a lot more, taking any one of the many "cute female positions" one can take advantage of.

That's just a piss poor state of affairs, to look back and see that. I'm glad I don't expend any energy trying to impress these clowns-I got the same as the ones who did! Hahahahaha!

Howling at the Moon,