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seabeyond

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12. it is still funny, even true. we have lived it a lifetime and know what we are talking about.

Reply to calimary (Reply #11)

Sat Aug 30, 2014, 05:04 PM

Aug 2014

no few people either. consistently spoken by women and men alike. academia, studies and everything else. BUT... we are supose to pretend it really is not our reality to coddle the egos. that is the bottomline.

and edit... good seeing you. off to a nap, for me.

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It’s a scenario that could be straight out of a textbook on gender bias: [View all] G_j Aug 2014 OP

Holy crap leftstreet Aug 2014 #1

i am told often, and regulary i am abrasive for simply speaking. kinda like that sentence seabeyond Aug 2014 #6

I hear all the time, from men - "meh, this is BIZNISS!!! Look, it's just BIZNISS!" calimary Aug 2014 #11

it is still funny, even true. we have lived it a lifetime and know what we are talking about. seabeyond Aug 2014 #12

Sadly not surprising. Arugula Latte Aug 2014 #2

important lessons G_j Aug 2014 #7

Expect words such as "abrasive", "shrill" and "hysterical" to be applied to Hillary Clinton Nye Bevan Aug 2014 #3

As were done with Sarah Palin in this forum in the past (hysterical was used as funny, not batshit). OnlinePoker Aug 2014 #13

actually I challenge you to find either abrassive or shrill used in relationship to Palin dsc Aug 2014 #18

Challenge accepted OnlinePoker Aug 2014 #21

I know full well Clinton hasn't dsc Aug 2014 #22

looking at your Palin ones dsc Aug 2014 #23

No surprise there. WCLinolVir Aug 2014 #4

gotta bookmark. sounds fascinating. and most women recognize. i gotta read the whole seabeyond Aug 2014 #5

I had to send the link to my husband with the note I had NOT IdaBriggs Aug 2014 #8

At least thirty years ago I read something SheilaT Aug 2014 #9

When women talk 17% of the time, it is considered equality KitSileya Aug 2014 #14

oh so true. so many women's livelihoods, earnings, financial health.... BlancheSplanchnik Aug 2014 #10

I prefer identical-resume tests, because everything else is controlled for. Donald Ian Rankin Aug 2014 #15

So then, are you refuting the findings given in this OP? Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #16

Please read posts before replying to them. Donald Ian Rankin Aug 2014 #19

Muddy Waters. I have seen him live. Have you? It was an excellent concert at a very small venue. Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #20

It is unfortunate there was no difference based on the gender of the evaluator Android3.14 Aug 2014 #17