Friday, August 24, 2012

Stomping around like she owns the place

Women are often portrayed as overbearing
when they are doing their job
(but I love both of these women's outfits!)
I was talking to a friend the other day and while we were discussing some of the aesthetic "improvements" going up around Chicago, he mentioned that the woman who works for the city on pedestrian experience and aesthetics always "stomps around the office like she owns the place". While I agree that it's strange to have someone stomp around like they are the top of the food chain when they aren't, it got me thinking that maybe we only notice when women do this. How often do you hear someone mentioning a man do that? (and yet, I'm sure men still do)

The few interactions I've had with her have been pleasant enough, though I agree that I also noticed that she acted as if her contributions were more important than the overall project (for part of the conversation anyway) but the more I think about it, we need someone like that fighting for pedestrian aesthetic experience or the program would never get anything done.

At what point are women actually overbearing, or just not acting feminine?


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