The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by MouseWife

Wow. What is more scary to me, because I am assuming, you are getting this from 'educated' people in the fields you are pursuing?

Well, the educated people don't say it out loud. At least most of them don't. Not when there are women around. They just talk about you not being the right "fit" - because they already have "enough" women.

Actually, sometimes the other women are the worst. Many women do what they can to network and help others. But some buy into the "token woman" idea and have decided that's them - so they try to keep other women out to keep their own spot secure.

But hey - at least I'm white. My law school buddy was questioned at one interview solely on whether she would be a problem in the workplace because what it other people ate pork. She's half Egyptian. Coptic, not that it should be relevant. We had lots of laugh discussing how I was going to use her to take over the world by claiming different people served BLTs at their luncheons, naturally prompting her to blow up their offices.