WSJ Archives - The Grassy Road

Someone should have protected Tom Perkins

Yes, Tom Perkins' letter to the WSJ was shameful, but now, 48 hours later, I too feel shame. If you missed it you can read his letter to the Journal here, and then his follow up here. The Twittersphere lit up, everyone piled on (including me) that his comments were stupid, and the rants of a now irrelevant old man, and tone deaf about the gap between the 1% and the 99%, and an insult to the Jews, venture capital etc. etc. But this morning I am wondering how did [...]

By Penny Herscher|2017-12-06T09:50:20-08:00January 27, 2014|Equality|0 Comments

Queen Bees or a Stiletto Network?

I was disappointed by the drivel written in the WSJ on Friday The Tyranny of the Queen Bee. It is just not reality, and reinforcing a negative stereotype at the same time. The WSJ should know better. The thesis is that because there are so few women in power they hang on to the power as Queen Bees and bully other women... "Four decades later, the syndrome still thrives, given new life by the mass ascent of women to management positions. This generation of queen bees is no less determined [...]

By Penny Herscher|2017-12-06T16:49:43-08:00March 3, 2013|Equality|2 Comments

Golf is an old man’s game (in Silicon Valley at least)

It's different here. Yes it's not perfect, but it is so different. We don't care if Mark Zuckerberg wears a hoodie, men don't wear ties here and the last point in Julie Steinberg's recent WSJ article on the Nine Rules Women Must Follow To Get Ahead --- that as a woman you need to "Dress well and play golf" is just out of touch. Successful young people (men and women) in Silicon Valley certainly don't need to play golf here to get ahead. In 25 years of being a high [...]

By Penny Herscher|2017-12-06T16:58:03-08:00May 10, 2012|Equality|1 Comment