what it feels like for a girl...

ok, no: not sex, silly....

The working environment. I like, respect, admire & enjoy working with my fellow female colleagues. I really do. 90%, no 99% of the time working around other women is a positively splendid experience. I'd almost prefer it to working with men, BUT...

It's just that other 1% of the time that bugs me. Not to complain about the off-da-chain gig, but the hormones are driving me crazy!!! They gossip about each other way too much for me-> I SO have better things to do. We (sistas that is) are always complaining about the way men treat us & we treat each other so badly it's ridiculous!!!!!

I mean do I have to get dogged out for having initiative & taking it? "She works too hard", " Why is she going out of her way to find stuff to do?" and "acting like _____ "?(insert whichever "bustin'-their-suckup-booty" person that's on the top of their hitlist this week in the blank field) Sheesh, it's like "the eyes of your employer are upon you" AND "the eyes of your co-workers are upon you too!". Damn. Did you ever get teased as a child for "talking too proper", "acting too smart" and "studying too much"? Don't we ever grow out of that? And if this were my only experience with that I wouldn't complain. BUT at the last gig where there was a large female presence, I experienced similar things.

I must admit, guys don't do this (as much or often) & most don't tolerate it. They're too busy trying to step on your neck to climb the corporate ladder to worry a lot about what you're doing. They just need to top whatever it is, if that's what it takes to get to the next rung, ya know?

OK, I vented. I feel a little better...