What a powerful reflection on the exhausting dance women do at work - from dodging harassment in those early years to facing those subtle "death by a thousand cuts" exclusions later on. Really struck by how that conversation with R sparked this whole examination. It's wild how we can normalize so much over time, right?
The part about that senior woman leader dismissing gender in leadership felt especially real. Sometimes those who make it to the top seem to forget the obstacle course they ran to get there, or maybe they're just trying to distance themselves from it.
Thanks for writing this - it's the kind of honest account that helps puncture that "everything's fine now" narrative about women in the workplace. Twenty years of experience speaking through clear eyes. <3
Ever relevant but urgently so as I baulked reading Nirmala Sitaraman's " jargon like patriarchy" comment. A very clear no holds barred piece. Thank you for writing it.
What a powerful reflection on the exhausting dance women do at work - from dodging harassment in those early years to facing those subtle "death by a thousand cuts" exclusions later on. Really struck by how that conversation with R sparked this whole examination. It's wild how we can normalize so much over time, right?
The part about that senior woman leader dismissing gender in leadership felt especially real. Sometimes those who make it to the top seem to forget the obstacle course they ran to get there, or maybe they're just trying to distance themselves from it.
Thanks for writing this - it's the kind of honest account that helps puncture that "everything's fine now" narrative about women in the workplace. Twenty years of experience speaking through clear eyes. <3
@uthara- thank you for reading and responding. Glad that you found it useful :)
Ever relevant but urgently so as I baulked reading Nirmala Sitaraman's " jargon like patriarchy" comment. A very clear no holds barred piece. Thank you for writing it.