My Label
Before I go any further, if you are a man, you might want to stop reading. This post is really for the women in the house. No man bashing, just women empowerment. :)
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So, over on ScoutieGirl today, Tara has posted a new edition of her “Kick the Door Down” series. It is about how you label yourself. This is puzzling me. How do I label myself?
I think I have many labels; I just can’t commit to one. I am a designer for one. I am also an entrepreneur. One important one that I think many of us gals forget is woman.
This is a biggie, because no matter how far the movement for women’s rights has come, there is still a mountain that we have to climb as women, especially women in business. When I am at my city’s Rotary Club meeting each week, I look around and see very few women. While it is a feat that women were admitted to join Rotary and other civic clubs like it, women still have a long way to go. It seems as a woman, I always have to prove that I am smart and that I can do things as well as a man. I don’t think men have to prove this on a daily basis.
Now, don’t get the idea that this is a pity party, by any means. What I am saying is that to be a woman in the business world makes us better because we have an uphill battle. Yes, I just said it – better.
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Being women, we probably already juggle making a household work, maybe a child or two or more, an aging parent, plus a few other curve balls that life throws our way. So, to run a business is a piece of cake! We know what it takes for us to get the job done and done well.
So I say, be proud and label yourself a woman first. {LOUD BANG IN THE FOREGROUND}. That was me kicking a door down. :)
Now, how do you label yourself?
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Am I woman?….ROAR!!!!
You are right. We have been created to multi-task on many different levels.
Personally, I won’t label myself woman or boast of it. Maybe ’cause I’m old skool…a wannabe June Cleaver.
I’ve climbed the corporate ladder only to find that a room full of men was just that, a room full of men. Their degrees were no different than a womans. But their downtime is very different. And their pay(which I’ll address later).
I would much rather spend my downtime in a room full of women. We women tend to support other women because of gender discrimination(oh did I say that?), or because we find assurance knowing that it was the multi-tasking cautious mind of a woman behind the business.
Men don’t always support their gender because of gender…it’s because of their bonding(fishing trips, casinos, and other adventures..some of which feed their male egos and fleshly desires. And we women can and should bond too. And when we do, it is usually in more productive ways.
Remember, men aren’t the big spenders. It’s us women. So focus on networking the Sisterhood.
Don’t worry about wearing the latest Monkey Suits to look like a man in a mans world. Get the cute clothes, the pieces that make you feel great. If you good, you feel good dahling.
Now let’t talk $$$ THE BENJAMINS $$$
My point of view is, most of us end up marrying anyway. So let them bring home the big bacon. And if they were atracted to your “high mintenance” look…let them pay for the upkeep of their princess. And I do mean princess! Let them pay the dinner bill, let them open the doors.
I’d much rather be spoiled rotten by a man that loves me than push for my equal business rights and have to take antacids.
God made women different than men. Focus on strengthening our womanly differences.
Girls, there are enough of us to support each other’s businesses.
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Thanks for that insight NotCHOmama! There are enough of us to support each other :)