shrikedyke

I didn't see the "Rape" thread until it was already a deathmatch between Helter and Morgan. I'm annoyed that I couldn't respond to Helter's snotty "Oh please, you've never been smacked down in the boardroom for being aggressive" type comment.

I. beg. your. pardon.

Hi, meet my mom. She was a lawyer for a big firm. Now she has her own firm that she started with two other ladies who left the big firm with her. Why did they leave the big firm? Well! Turns out women lawyers don't deserve big cases (or equal paychecks) from this firm, because, you know, those cases are for the men, who have, you know families to support. and repuations to build. Obviously this firm thought that these women were "hobby" lawyers on a lark.
If they spoke up in board meetings, they were told their comment was "cute" or "a germ of an idea." Both of those were supposed to be compliments. I can go on, but you get the idea. (Happily, my mom's tiny firm now regularly gets the cases that the big firm wanted.) Sexism lives, assholes.