How to Slay Sexism Like a Professional

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4.8 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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When workplace sexism smacks us in the lady lumps, we can't always just clock out. So how can we handle it like a pro? Cristen and Caroline talk to author and podcaster Hillary Frank about her skirmish with the "special misogyny" that transformed her career. Then, the co-hosts of Battle Tactics for Your Sexist Workplace take on jobby questions from Unladylike listeners.

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0:00.0	A lot of people don't realize that where they are is surprisingly sexist.
0:08.9	And there are ways to get around it, fight through it, and empower yourself to get back
0:12.6	to work tomorrow because you gotta go back to work tomorrow.
0:15.3	It's just Monday.
0:16.3	Oh, do we have to?
0:18.3	Do we really have to?
0:19.3	Sorry.
0:20.3	Hey, y'all, and welcome to a ladylike.
0:39.8	The show that finds out what happens when women break the rules and get back to work.
0:44.2	I'm Caroline.
0:45.2	And I was reflecting on sexism in the workplace and it took me right back to my early 20s, one
0:56.2	of my very first jobs because one random Friday afternoon out of the blue, my married male
1:03.3	boss at the time sent out an announcement that three of my co-workers had been promoted.
1:08.0	While guests here were those three co-workers, guys?
1:11.8	Ding ding ding.
1:12.8	Or should I say ding ding dong.
1:16.6	Because not only were they all men, they all happened to be the only married men in
1:22.4	our department and with the same job titles as women who'd been there longer.
1:27.0	And the boss' explanation for the sudden seniority was that, oh, we need to create like some hierarchy
1:32.2	in the department.
1:33.4	So that's it.
1:35.8	Which certainly made it seem like the qualities of just being male and married A.K.A.
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