by Dot Callihan | Oct 12, 2020 | Thinking Like Empowered Women, X 3
This past weekend I received a fear laced text about COVID-19 and climate change from a political party. My response was: “OMG!!!! I’m going to die!!!” After a short exchange I ended my text saying: “Get freaking real! Stop fear-mongering me and stop...
by Dot Callihan | Aug 26, 2020 | Thinking Like Empowered Women, Understanding The Male-Dominated Workplace, X 4
Women are conditioned to defer to others. In school we were praised for raising our hand before we were called on to speak. We won favoritism and were rewarded with special privileges for being “good girls.” We also watched boys speak out of turn,...
by Dot Callihan | Aug 12, 2020 | Thinking Like Empowered Women
The contrast between the two commercials was stark.
The women said “We can’t, we can’t” accompanied by signs that read “I don’t want to die.”
The men, who work in an inherently dangerous job said, “We can and we will.”
by Dot Callihan | Mar 23, 2020 | Thinking Like Empowered Women
As we all tune into the Coronavirus spread around the world, have you noticed what is happening – or not happening – in China? The virus isn’t spreading. The virus spread from Wuhan as people traveled from Wuhan to other parts of the world…including other parts of...
by Dot Callihan | Oct 17, 2018 | Thinking Like Empowered Women
As women we like to distinguish ourselves from men based on our emotions – women are more empathetic, nurturing and compassionate. But have to ask ourselves: How does that benefit us in the workplace? Years ago, when women tried to assert the value of our emotions Men...
by Dot Callihan | Sep 28, 2018 | Thinking Like Empowered Women
www.123rf.com – 33186415 We often hear about White Privilege and Male Privilege where being white and/or male gives you an advantage or opportunity others who don’t have those characteristics don’t have. And, if you follow intersectional feminism you...