JrzyTmata wrote:
Don't go oppressin', now.

The keychain fob of the future?

 JrzyTmata wrote: 
my partner has carried for her entire adult life

i just don't know how she's done it

she even has spares in her mazda

and there are emergency pads in my ride too

bless her heart

 miamizsun wrote: 
wtf? is it that hard to carry a tampon in your handbag or pocket?

period?

About 24 students stained their pants with fake blood. Here’s why.

not trying to stress an opinion; simply saw this article and thought it fit:

Do Female Execs Lack Vision?

By Jessica Stillman

February 19th, 2009 @ 4:15 am

74 Comments

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The Find: Whether it's reality or just a persistent bias, perceptions that female executives lack vision may be keeping some women from reaching the C-suite.

• The Source: Research by INSEAD professor Herminia Ibarra discussed on INSEAD Knowledge.

The Takeaway: Studies show that in almost all measures of executive performance women are equal to or outperform men, with one exception: vision. Ibarra's review of the 360 degree reviews of nearly 3,000 women revealed that, in general, they were seen as less visionary. What could explain this? Ibarra offers three possibilities:

1. Women may have a vision but they may be using a different process to develop their long-term strategy. Women may work with teams and collaborate to find direction and peers and managers may not value that collaborative process as much as they value someone who appears to come up with a vision independently.
2. Women may have a vision but may be hesitant to make audacious statements because they don't have the analysis to back them up or because they are more frequently challenged in business settings.
3. Women may not value visionary pronouncements. Some women are skeptical of visionary claims and may view them as little more than a sales job. Many women interviewed for the study said they believed that getting things done is what should matter in business.

Whatever the reason for this perceived lack of vision, Ibarra suggests that those women wanting to climb the career ladder not simply wait around for visionary inspiration. She tells ambitious ladies,

to get out and not think about how to set strategy in the safety of their own office, but how to start networking in a way that gives them a broader vision of the future... The way you envision the future is by being out there and trying to understand trends in the industry, in society and talking to people.

The Question: Have you run into this perception of female execs?

UPDATE: Read our favorite comments from BNET readers in response to this post and additional research on women and vision found by BNET blogger Joanna Higgins.

 triskele wrote: 

Youthism! We baby boomers need to gang up on the Xers and Yers and sue, sue, sue!!! 

sometimes, women get paid less than other women,
who have less seniority, but more personality...
working the same job.

(i even freakin' TRAINED HER!!)

 samiyam wrote: 
On this, we disagree. I'm not ready to allege the superiority of either gender - we're neither better nor worse, just different.

And if two people are doing the same work at the same level of performance, they should be paid equally.  

 phineas wrote: 
American doctors. If Hippie were Canuck, and got that that sweet health care you guys get, he'd be getting poked every other year!

And by the way: Equal Pay For Equal Work!!! No Exceptions!!!

 hippie wrote: 
*vision of a group of very relieved doctors*

 dionysius wrote: 

The doctors gave me the camera up the ass job last year, don't have to do that again for 10 years..........

......... but my ex's lawyers try and do it every year...without the camera and drugs.

 hippie wrote: 

You don't have a period—you have a colon! Take care of it, too.

 dionysius wrote: 

I'm doing good, taking a week off before I get back to writing the next part of my rock symphony. I only have 3 to 4 more parts to do and then I'm done and can devote more time to drinking beer and enjoying it.   unless I have a period 

 hippie wrote: 

You'd just kick my ass if I tried to beat you, Aram. How the hell are ya, man?

 dionysius wrote: 

 ya beat me to it.

 dionysius wrote: 
Prolly a man's idea. 
Just sayin'.

Whose brilliant idea was it to put the words "Women" and "Period" in the same topic title?

 aflanigan wrote: 
And so we jump from one stereotype to another.    I've had some pretty shitty jobs and some pretty long hours.  Where's my equal pay?

An example of John Stossel's firm grasp of reality.

Stossel: It is a "myth" that "women earn less" than men "for doing the same work"

 Alchemist wrote: 

I am curious to see how it will pan out, if it even passes today.  It would be nice, if there was recourse when one finds out that they are being paid less.  The bill is named for a gal who worked in the auto industry and found out she was being paid less.  Her claim for fair pay was rejected because she hadn't filed her claim within 180 days of her hiring.  She didn't figure it out until years later and basically got told, too bad for you.  Hopefully, it will act as a deterent to employers who would stoop to the level to pay women less.  At the very least, we can hope that people like Lilly Ledbetter get a chance at receiving their back pay.  If it can accomplish those goals, it will be a success.  Now let's see what the government can do to mess it up.