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Being the best in the business does not make one "male" it makes one
success oriented.
The whole male thing is just tossed around as a way to
scare women off from being more successful...we hear someone refer to a
woman as, "manly in her pursuits" on the job and, being that we prefer to
be feminine we back off leaving the high ranking males to enjoy their
decision-making positions (positions that effect huge quantities of human
brain cells).
Now...what would the world be like if women began to see that where we
could potentially make a difference is within our grasp?
peace & warmth
Jessica M. Plante
On Tue, 18 Jun 1996, Toni Withers wrote:
> Thank you for the lovely honest letters which give me the confidence to also
> write to the group.
> I understand the trauma associated with believeing so much in doing
> something useful for the envirnoment that you have to sacrifice years (7
> years full-time in my case) to become educated and achieve a position
> whereby you can even begin to feel that perhaps what you're doing is having
> a tiny positive impact on the earth. During that time it is easy to get
> discouraged and lose sight of the goal, and feel like yet another
> heavy-footed uncaring human being, driving in your car, resorting to
> takeaways occasionally, being too busy to tend the vegetable garden.
> But I hung in there thinking it would all be okay once I'd graduated and had
> an 8-5 job.
>
> But now I'm here and it hasn't really improved as much as I'd like. I now
> feel as if I'm caught up in the male power world, that in order to make a
> difference I have to fight by mens rules, be assertive, watch my back, in
> order to secure my future in the organisation. I work reasonably long hours
> and my partner says that i'm starting to behave "more like a man than he
> is". What does this mean ??? Horror upon horrors, am I so busy trying to
> make a difference to the world and its attitudes that I'm losing my
> female-ness that I cherish so dearly ??? I am motivated, work-minded, always
> on the go. Does this mean I am no longer the good listener, the
> compassionate friend, the affectionate woman I used to be ??
> Life is definietly a juggle between values and choices. But I am trying to
> do those things I value, the vege garden is looking great, the compost is
> huge, the womens books are slowly being read at night, I breed native frogs
> (that doesn't take much time) and propogate native orchids. So I'm not doing
> too badly considering all the pressures.
>
> Has anyone got any thoughts on how they juggle their pressures in this busy
> modern world where women have so many responsibilities ??
>
>
> Toni Withers
> Research Scientist
> Co-operative Research Centre for Tropical Pest Management
> Queensland
> Australia
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