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I don't think it's "a long way" to go, but it's a factor for sure. I've regularly needed a male superior to get something done with peers.

7. Women are rendered invisible until they demonstrate otherwise

9. Women are different

 

Example:   As a hobby/part time job, I am a drummer in a band with 4 guys.  Many people automatically assume that women are not good drummers, but when they see me play, they are happy, surprised and full of nice comments most of the time.  But I do tell the guys in my band, if I was a guy, I would not get all that attention, and comments.  Like, wow, you are good, or I didnt know you could play the drums, or how long have you been playing, etc etc etc.  A few times, when setting up, people ask me, Are you the drummer?  As if they dont believe it..

So one Halloween we had a gig, and to prove my point to the guys in my band, I went as guy - I did the whole thing, wig, moustache, 5 o'clock shadow, work clothes, etc, etc.  My own mother and band members didnt even recognize me. 

 I bet no one would come up to me the whole night and comment about how good of a drummer I was.  Well, nobody came up to me all night.  Just another gig.  I believe I proved my point.

But because I am a woman, I am always getting stares, comments (95% are good mind you) etc etc.  But I believe the underlying assumption for many years is that women cannot play the drums very well, so they are surprised that I AM a good drummer. 

I have heard this type of comment many times from lots of people over the 17 years I have been playing in public..

The worst comments were from an older guy and a flaky woman.  The guy said something like he didnt think that I would be a good drummer.  Then the lady when I told her I was a drummer, she didnt believe me, then she outright laughed at me, "You're a drummer, hah that is so funny", like how ridiculous that I was a drummer. 

While we've come a long way, there is certainly still a long, long way to go.  Women have lower salaries for the same work, we are perceived to be less capable than men, and we still face regular sexism in the office.  I worked for one place as a temp that I won't even talk about it was so bad.

So, yeah, things are definitely better than they were 30 years ago when I first entered the workplace, but I still see so much need for improvement.

This totally depends on the profession you have chosen.  I feel in the admin field/secretary/receptionist fields I get passed by constantly by women.  I don't feel that this is always due to the women have better qualifications than I do, but because the office I went to was 100% women they would feel more comfortable with a woman working there versus a young male.



I could be wrong about this, but it seems to me that this is true. 

Just like I would expect a woman to have a very hard time proving herself in a construction job versus a man.



As for sexism  you mean harassment? pay?  I don't know because I don't fall into those categories.  I wouldn't pay someone less to do the same job as someone else based on sex.  I have noticed in professional sports woman athletes get paid less.  What's hard to understand for most people though, sports is a business.  You must get people to pay to watch you and people sitting on the couch.  The problem is of course women don't have that strong of a business in sports *yet*.  You can't compare a softball league to a professional baseball team like the yankess from a business standpoint.  They're still playing the same game but one earns more than another based on revenue.  This largely constitutes the idea that women overall earn less than men but truthfully that wouldn't be true if women were to create better business or equivalent business to the men that do the same profession.

It also seems that more women gravitate towards men more so than men gravitate towards women.  What I mean by this is yes I think actresses are unbelievably pretty but you don't see me creating a fan club when I was 9-26 and talking about it, I don't buy magazines because the girl on the cover is pretty  yet women seem to do this much more.  They love these little magazines and to talk about how hot a guy is and yadda yadda yadda. 

Greatest example of this  Titanic.  Titanic wasn't the best movie EVER but because of Leonardo Dicaprio and young female hormones  voila one of the most grossing movies ever.  Take a porn star movie or take one with a hot girl who gets naked or even one that just would turn a man on and you won't find anything remotely close to what Titanic did.