Women for women

Hello there!  I'm Christian Robicheau, assistant editor at http://www.sterlingcreations.ca.
It's the end of November and December is just waiting to come running in. 
I hope that everyone is ready to welcome the holiday season.
Today I have an editorial to share with you by our president Donna J. Jodhan.  All about women standing up for women.
I wish you a great weekend.

 

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Women for women
By Donna J. Jodhan
 
I've been in business for myself now for over 16 years and I must say that it has been for the most part extremely gratifying.  Previous to this I worked at two major Canadian banks and IBM Canada.  Those experiences were also very gratifying but in all honesty, having and running my own little company has been the best for me.
 
Life is a blind business woman is very challenging at times.  Some times I am treated equally, some times not.  Often times I am given a rough ride because of my blindness and many times I am given a rougher time because I'm a woman.

 

One of the most frequently asked questions is this:  Do you feel that women are harder on women or that women are easier on women?  I've been giving this a lot of thought and this is a difficult question to answer.  My opinion is that in the normal scheme of things, women try to be easy on women, but every now and then and maybe a bit too often, women are harder on women and some times even dare to admit that they'd rather deal with men rather than their fellow women.
 
Whenever I've had the chance to ask various women why is it that they choose to be harder on women than on men, their most common answers are:
Women don't make good managers.
Women don't have the time to commit fully to anything because their family comes first.
Women cannot commit fully to anything because they are the main care givers of the family.
Women are unable to commit to full time jobs because when they become pregnant they need to go off on maternity leave and this results in them being away from the office for extended periods of time each time they become pregnant.
Women managers are much more moody and temperamental than their male counterparts.
 
I've had both male and female managers throughout my corporate career and I've also had to deal with both sexes in various capacities as a small business owner.  I've seen lots but at the end of the day I truly believe that the only way for us women to survive both as business professionals and as persons, is for us to stick together.  No, I'm not a feminist by any means and I'm not a card carrying member of any women's groups but I believe that in order to survive us women need to stick together more closely.
 
For who to understand us better than our very own woman folk?  Who to understand the trials and tribulations that we face on a daily basis than ourselves?  Who better to stand up for us than we ourselves?
 
Just my humble opinion.

 

I'm Donna J. Jodhan wishing you a terrific day and weekend.
To reach me, please send an email to info@sterlingcreations.ca and I would be delighted to send you an electronic copy of our latest newsletter.
 
Here is a complete list of where you can view Donna's blogs and editorials.
Donna Jodhan!  Advocating accessibility for all
http://www.donnajodhan.blogspot.com 
a weekly feature on important answers to consumers concerns
http://www.sterlingcreations.com/businessdesk.htm
Weekly blogs for language professionals and accessibility consultants
http://www.sterlingcreationsca.blogspot.com
A monthly editorial on issues on diversity
http://www.diversityintheworkplace.ca