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Sanfo
10/30/09

In reply to "Women Want To Be Viewed As Executives, Not Just Women"
This makes me very happy, especially since the president of my post-secondary institution doesn't believe women can be CEOs:
[www.edmontonjournal.com]

While some observers suggest the shift is no big deal, others say they are worried about what U of A president Indira Samarasekera calls a "demographic bomb" working its way through the system. The problem is no one seems entirely sure what to do about it.

"The presidents of the major universities are very concerned we are not attracting young men in the numbers we should," Samarasekera says.

"I got asked recently about special programs to get more women CEOs, and my response was let’s not worry about that because that will come in due course. The bigger worry is that we’ll wake up in 20 years and we will not have the benefit of enough male talent at the heads of companies and elsewhere." #indranooyi
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morninggloria
10/30/09

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You got the right one, baby- UH-HUH! #indranooyi
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Ipomoea
10/30/09

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I thought that women wanted to be viewed as aspiring actresses, married, sorority sisters, womens' studies majors, or any of the 24 types in the Amp app.... and I don't think executive was one of those types. #indranooyi
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Rooo sez BISH PLZ
10/30/09

@Ipomoea: Look at it this way ... if you're an executive, then you're safe from one of those types hitting on you, since they don't have an Amp script to work with.

(♪♫"Always look on the bright side of life ..."♫♪♫) #indranooyi
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andBegorrah
10/30/09

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But if roughly 70% of what she's speaking about has to do with women's issues, doesn't that mean that 100% of what a man speaks about would be on the topic with the same talking points for the same length of discussion? Or does the gap not work that way....? #indranooyi
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egg cream
10/30/09

@andBegorrah: Eh?

I'm at work, so I can't watch the video, but I read this as 70% of the times she's brought in as a speaker, she's being asked to speak about being A Woman In Business, whereas a man would be asked to speak about...business.
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andBegorrah
10/30/09

@egg cream: It was a failed joke about the wage gap percentage. #indranooyi
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egg cream
10/30/09

@andBegorrah: Ohhh. Sorry. I saw math happening, so my brain turned off. #indranooyi
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theKP
10/30/09

In reply to "Women Want To Be Viewed As Executives, Not Just Women"
She's pretty awesome. How on earth did a company run by this woman end up putting out that horrible iPhone app? #indranooyi
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msmoneypenny
10/30/09

@theKP: Inquiring minds want to know. If they made an app for tips for young professional women, like how to ask for a raise, I'd totally buy some Pepsi. #indranooyi
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7states
10/30/09

@theKP: To be fair to her, she doesn't have time to micromanage iphone apps!

But I agree that that was a stupid thing for the company to have done. #indranooyi
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CurtCole
10/30/09

In reply to "Women Want To Be Viewed As Executives, Not Just Women"
It is nice to see a woman in power speaking on this issue and it's even better to have a corporation that encourages her to do so. #indranooyi
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Maritsa
10/30/09

@CurtCole: I want to go to there. #indranooyi
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CurtCole
10/30/09

@Maritsa: There should hire me to talk mad shit about Coke, and you could work as their general counsel. #indranooyi
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Maritsa
10/30/09

@CurtCole: Did you hear Coke lowers your sperm count? It also makes you grow a tail if you eat it with fast food. I read it on the Internets.

I just checked and the only legal job in the entire multinational company is in Egypt and requires fluency in Arabic. Damn it. #indranooyi
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Sir
10/18/09

In reply to Crap Blog Post From A Dude: "Your Time Is Much Better Spent Protesting Real Issues"
BRO TRANSLATOR, ENGAGE!

"I totally looked at that Pepsi thing people are talking about and I have concluded that it isn't a big deal because it made me giggle so hard I pooped a little. I don't really have any male friends, but if I did I know they'd really talk like that because that's how guys are.

On TV.

I don't have any female friends either, actually, but you know how chicks are! It's all "Maid in Manhattan" and "The Ugly Truth" and "Sex and the City". Dudes are way less serious than that. Dudes are funny, you know? They say things that are like "OMG" but they don't really believe the stuff they say. But they're SO immature, amirite? (That's why I don't have any friends--I mean--why I'm not friends with them).

So please, ladies, just stop filling up teh internet with all your feminism-words. I know a guy who knows a guy who works at Pepsi, and he said they are just following the market, you know? You girls should be out picketing sexual assaulters or MTV or something. Or one of those other things your kind gets all riled up about. Just leave Pepsi alone!

*whispers*...it's the only thing I've got. "

[a silver tear slides silently down his cheek]

fin #sexism
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tiredfairy
10/18/09

In reply to Crap Blog Post From A Dude: "Your Time Is Much Better Spent Protesting Real Issues"
You could try asking women what they talk about instead of assuming we have nothing else on our minds but relationships and our "feelings". Anytime I see something like that I wonder how any human being can get to that age and not know that women talk about more things than men and our fuzzy pink feelings. Do they not have mothers? Sisters? Some female friends? Jesus.

If no guy actually believed women were objects, the world would be really different. Plus, objectification isn't about thinking a woman is like a lamp. It's about things like gender stereotyping, sexual objectification like that we "owe" men teh sex, and telling us what to care about instead of asking us.

But thanks for playing feminist bingo, asshat. You pretty much filled it up on your first try. #sexism
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IBleedGlitter: The High Priestess of Tinsel
10/18/09

In reply to Crap Blog Post From A Dude: "Your Time Is Much Better Spent Protesting Real Issues"
The truth is, while women talk about relationships or their feelings or whatever women talk about amongst themselves...

I think it's so funny that so many guys seem to think that all women talk about are our boyfriends or our feelings. If this guy ever heard what I really talk about with my girlfriends he would probably have a panic attack and then puke. #sexism
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Nariel
10/18/09

In reply to Crap Blog Post From A Dude: "Your Time Is Much Better Spent Protesting Real Issues"
Jesus Fucking Christ, what a fucking asshole. Probably has sex with animals. DEAD animals. This is what I tell myself so I feel better that I live on the same planet as this asswipe.

By the way, women make dirty immature jokes too, Cockbib. And you know what? Your privilege is disgusting and you are nothing but an arrogant little boy who knows nothing of the world or women. #sexism
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boxspelunker
10/18/09

@Nariel: My secret is that every time someone on this site says "cockbib", I go to Urban Dictionary and vote up on it.

I thought you should know you have contributed to its larger use, which is entirely correct in this context :D #sexism
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Dodgergirl
10/18/09

In reply to Crap Blog Post From A Dude: "Your Time Is Much Better Spent Protesting Real Issues"
hahahahaha. That article was amazing! He was like "It's not sexism if it's culturally accepted!" and I was like "that's TOTALLY how people actually think! Isn't it ridiculous?"

Wait, that was satire right? TELL ME HE WAS BEING SATIRICAL.

I'm going to go glower for a little while and mumble under my breath about stupid people. #sexism
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Newsgirl
10/18/09

In reply to Crap Blog Post From A Dude: "Your Time Is Much Better Spent Protesting Real Issues"
As always, glad to hear a man tell me the state of women's issues. I mean, if a man says it, it must be right. #sexism
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jenrobe
10/18/09

@Newsgirl: Yes, where would we be if we didn't have them to set us straight? Modern life is so confusing! #sexism
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thehighshelf
10/18/09

In reply to Crap Blog Post From A Dude: "Your Time Is Much Better Spent Protesting Real Issues"
Well, he is right! When polled nearly 100 percent of men chose correctly when presented with this query:
Women are A) Human Beings B) Inanimate Objects, e.g. hammers or bricks. #sexism
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boxspelunker
10/18/09

@thehighshelf: That's so hard! I think... uh.... A? Yeah, I'm gonna go with A. It's a 50/50 chance, so might as well go with A. #sexism
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laurasaurus
10/18/09

In reply to Crap Blog Post From A Dude: "Your Time Is Much Better Spent Protesting Real Issues"
Basically you can pry his male privilege out of his cold, dead, stupid hands. Not that he even knows it's there. #sexism
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Piegasm
10/18/09

In reply to Crap Blog Post From A Dude: "Your Time Is Much Better Spent Protesting Real Issues"
Douche blog post aside, I can never understand why companies like Pepsi would actually choose to alienate 50 percent of their clients by basically saying, "No, our product is not for you, it's for DUDES." How is that good for business? #sexism
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TurtleSpeak
10/18/09

@Piegasm: I have no idea how it's good for business, but a lot of companies do it. It boggles my mind every time, especially when it's a company that was formerly gender neutral, like Pepsi was. Like, you had the men and the women, but now you're trying to cut out the women? On purpose? Explicitly ONLY targetting men? And in this case, categorising your female (former) customers according to which pick up lines will work so that some dude Brah can conquer their vaginas and then post about it on Twitter? What the hell?
In any case, I have no problem with withdrawing my business from companies who don't want it. #sexism
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Red-headed bookworm
10/19/09

@Piegasm: I don't know. I noticed on that McDonald's commercial with the couple, when she wins an Xbox 360, she acts like she doesn't know what it is and then the husband tries to trick her into thinking it's not a cool prize. Stupid and sexist, women play video games. I think it would be funnier if she was excited about the prize and told him he wouldn't get to play it or something like that. Now I'm annoyed with Pepsi and McD's. #sexism
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