Are there any truly supportive industries for women?

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Anonymous wrote:I thought that the message from the Barbie movie was interesting. The barbies ultimately didn't like the patriarchy but were invested in continuing the matriarchy and in keeping the kens second-class citizens. For me, the outcome wasn't empowering or supportive but more along the lines of humans in a group will step on another group when possible, regardless if they are female or male.

Spot on!

[Anonymous]

Nursing

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Anonymous wrote:Law! It can be a brutal profession, but the women are exceptionally supportive of each other. Lots of formal and informal mentorship, womens networking, special events and organizations for women etc.

This was not my experience at all. Quite the opposite. Not sure of your practice area (I'm a litigator).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought that the message from the Barbie movie was interesting. The barbies ultimately didn't like the patriarchy but were invested in continuing the matriarchy and in keeping the kens second-class citizens. For me, the outcome wasn't empowering or supportive but more along the lines of humans in a group will step on another group when possible, regardless if they are female or male.

It’s about power rather than justice.

[Anonymous]

I work in global public health which is dominated by women. All of my bosses have been women and all (except one) have been extremely supportive. Likewise, my peers have always been collaborative, congenial, smart and hard working. No ego issues, no turf issues, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm a therapist so as you can imagine it's a pretty supportive environment.

"I'm feeling overhelmed with stress."

"You should really talk to a therapist about that."

"I am, right now!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nursing

This has to be a joke.

(Nurses eat their young.)

[Anonymous]

I joined Women in Government Relations (WGR) 35 years ago. I found women lobbyists to be very supportive of each other.

[Anonymous]

I'm in Talent Acquisition at Mattel HQ. It's a very supportive job for women. We did have to squelch an internal coup by the Kenough department, but other than that, everything's great here. I drive a company car that's a pink convertible corvette. I live in a furnished corporate housing with my Dream Pool in the backyard.

[Anonymous]

No, because women inherently do not support each other. They compete with each other. Over everything. You are looking for a unicorn.

[Anonymous]

In 2002, the ensemble case of the tv sitcom Friends negotiated their salaries together. There wasn't anyone in the cast who tried to outshine the other. They successfully negotiated a historic $1 million per episode or $22 million per season. David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston took a loss to negotiate their pay with their costars.

You can look it up OP. Research shows that workplaces with a better balance between men and women offer better pay and benefits to everyone. Workplaces that are skewed toward one gender, whether men or women, are places where bullying is most likely to occur. The bullying victims or targets are usually women because women are in the lower ranking positions in both male dominated and female dominated fields.

Also, workplaces where the stakes and the pay are so low, like academia, government, teaching, nursing, are also places where bullying takes place.

[Anonymous]

Private Equity, still a men’s world but plenty of really really amazing women at all levels.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In 2002, the ensemble case of the tv sitcom Friends negotiated their salaries together. There wasn't anyone in the cast who tried to outshine the other. They successfully negotiated a historic $1 million per episode or $22 million per season. David Schwimmer and Jennifer Aniston took a loss to negotiate their pay with their costars.

You can look it up OP. Research shows that workplaces with a better balance between men and women offer better pay and benefits to everyone. Workplaces that are skewed toward one gender, whether men or women, are places where bullying is most likely to occur. The bullying victims or targets are usually women because women are in the lower ranking positions in both male dominated and female dominated fields.

Also, workplaces where the stakes and the pay are so low, like academia, government, teaching, nursing, are also places where bullying takes place.

I worked at one of the military service graduate schools in an environment such as this, where there was an even balance between men and women. That was specific to the project and contract I worked on. The men were very open and honest with the women about pay, because they didn't want the women to come in and start accepting lower pay rates. They shared with us what the pay rate should be.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a therapist so as you can imagine it's a pretty supportive question environment.

Wonder if your admin staff would say the same thing? At the counseling business I work, one of the program directors & the owner, both female, are the worst people I've ever worked with. Considering quitting only because of how demanding, confrontational, and inconsiderate they are.

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Anonymous wrote:No, because women inherently do not support each other. They compete with each other. Over everything. You are looking for a unicorn.

And why is that?