Men to avoid: the ones who tell you to slow down

There is nothing more demotivating than someone above you in your chain of command telling you to slow down, to be less ambitious. Especially if you are a woman and the teller is a man. This behavior is, of course, not new. So many of our mansplaining experiences are captured in the new book Men to Avoid in Art and Life by Nicole Tersigni - I'm using one of her captioned paintings here to illustrate my message. A laugh-out-loud joy of a book and Twitter meme. I was coaching a [...]

By |2021-01-28T10:02:30-08:00January 19, 2021|Career Advice|Comments Off on Men to avoid: the ones who tell you to slow down

Stop talking over me – or Living in the world of Mansplaining

I am not a shrinking violet. I am confident and speak my mind. And yet there is a behavior that, unless I am really determined, makes me go quiet: men aggressively, deliberately talking over me. I’m in a meeting making a point the prospect does not like. He raises his hand (shows me the palm) and starts to talk in a loud, dominant fashion. He mansplains to me. I listen for a while, then try to politely interrupt, but it’s useless. He’s aggressive, determined to dominate, and rude. The bully [...]

By |2017-12-12T18:34:55-08:00May 13, 2016|Equality|0 Comments
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