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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Men ruin everything.

Every. Thing.[/quote]

Mom of just girls has joined the chat.   :roll: [/quote]

I'm actually not a girl mom. I've raised two boys/men, who are not incels, not sexists or misogynists.

It's quite possible to raise strong, successful men who are 100% supportive of their female colleagues, and their future wives/daughters.[/quote]

Except you were never target audience. Even when we allowed boys.

At the Stock Exchange and JP Morgan back in 1990s for instance. They had a lot of HS Educated staff who lived in the Bronx, Staten Island. Many worked in the Cafeteria, Mailroom,  Accounts Payable, Facilities, Branches, back office, loan processing, trade settlement etc. No one in their family may have ever attended college. They worked long hours commuting into NYC on subway, Path, LIRR, NJ Transit

On that day the mainly men and the women who were working (who did not get to spend much time with their own daughters) got dressed up, the Girls wore their Sunday Best, meet CEO, meet the SVPs, go on a tour of work, learned about the departments. The lunch in the Chase Executive Cafeteria they held at ONE CMP in Downtown NYC  on the 60th floor was a wonder. Views of World Trade Center, Statue of Liberty and could see straight up to Empire State Building. And at the Stock Exchange you could dine at the he Luncheon Club. which was "the grandest of places for people in business."   To be granted permission to dine at the Luncheon Club you must be an employee of the NYSE or an invited client, the girls dined there.

KPMG at time at at 345 Park Avenue was mainly male partners in 1995 who worked a lot of house. They had a glorious conference center and breath taking views up on the 50th floor, you could see right down on St. Pats Cathedral and Grand Central and Central Park. The Women Partners of time would be really strong at presenting and encouraging the girls attending to consider a career in accounting. These were older girls at time around 12-16 at time in life when picking a major/ At KPMG the many staff in mail room, producing printouts, working in file room, secretaries was a chance to show their daughters they too can do this.  And also for many of the Dads or Moms the only time they ever got to personally meet CEO and dine in executive cafeteria and meet the Partners and SVPs

My job is boring I would not want to bring a girl or boy to work with me and just sit in my office. But back when it was a big fancy event was amazing. And I voluntered at these events in the 1990s pre-children and my Department was part of the Tour.

One thing I enjoyed was back around 1995 when PowerPoint was relativly new and kids did not have computer in school or most even the internet at home. We did a PowerPoint Project at end of day. We set up four teams, each had to do a ten minute PowerPoint presentation in the Board Room of what they learned that day. They created it themselves, all had to speak and we invited all the parents back to the Boardroom to watch and the CEO was judge with Exec team on best presentation. It was shockling good. The girls were excelent. Sadly, my CEO decided it was a four way tie and everyone won the prizes. We even had a professional photo person, and pictures were shared with parents afterwards.

30 years ago at Take our Daughters wto work day is now a forgotten relic. Was great.

I was at all three companies events. Pre boys with running noses running up and down the hallways, coloring books and pizza parties.      [/quote]

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