Sentences with phrase «talks about being a woman»

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When a woman talks about her big job at Hypermegaglobalcorp, it's too often met with a stare that says, «Oh, so that's why the homework isn't getting done, and your kids look like rug rats.»

The three women inside, Shelia Clark, Darlene Vives, and Janoi Frye, talk about how they're going to visit their men, who are locked up for either murder or attempted murder.

The term has made it to Merriam - Webster's «Words we're watching,» which defines it as «when a man talks condescendingly to someone (especially a woman) about something he has incomplete knowledge of,» while mistakenly assuming he has superior knowledge.

She was one of many accomplished female founders who'd converged to talk about what's needed to grow women - led businesses.

• Speaking of Time's Up... Attorney Tina Tchen, who Bloomberg describes as «arguably the most well - connected person working in women's rights today, thanks to her six years as an assistant to President Barack Obama and as first lady Michelle Obama's chief of staff,» talks about why it was so important that Time's Up include a legal defense fund: «The fastest way to make sure that someone isn't getting bullied by a lawyer for someone rich and powerful is to make sure that person has a lawyer, too.»

When she first started talking about how the school needed to become more diverse, she says, «I was surprised to find out the meme around Harvey Mudd was that we are a merit - based institution and bringing in more women or people of color would mean lowering our standards.»

Can you talk about why your mission of giving women the tools to educate themselves about their finances and get that power is so important?

Dagne Dover is the women's handbag company we can't stop talking about — they just get work bags, weekend bags, and backpacks so right.

From the stories of these women, it's clear that, really, we're not talking about unconscious bias or even innocent misunderstandings.

While Abudulai agrees it's generally women and people of colour who wind up having to bring diversity issues forward in the workplace, she's still happy to talk about them.

And let's not even talk about smaller smartwatches for women — those might be years away.

«Before they could even start talking about the business they were building, they had to explain to the guys around the table how women thought about their closets or whatever it might be.»

In my experience, I've been a corporate woman who's spent most of her career talking about sex.

Avivah Wittenberg - Cox, CEO of the gender consulting firm 20 - first, wishes the conversations about women in the workplace could move beyond gender stereotypes — «I think it's suicidal to talk about women being better or men being better» — and even beyond mention of gender itself.

In our interview, Fields said he wanted his «employees to be happy» and talked about traveling to Ford plants around the world, thinking about the «200,000 men and women that are relying us back in [the headquarters in] Dearborn.»

If Trump stands by what he said about women as «locker room talk,» he's clearly not sorry.

Women and men are talking about gender and discrimination issues across the globe.

Speaking in Houston last week at the Circular Summit, Marcelo talked about the early days of her company, and particularly her experiences raising so much money, while also sometimes being underestimated as a woman tech CEO.

Even at New York's 14 percent figure, we're still not talking about a lot of women.

When we talk about affirmative action, federal law allows you to hire a woman or minority candidate over a male or white candidate if both are equally qualified.

There are so many different issues that women in the workplace are talking about.

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his supporters have suggested that the now - notorious 2005 conversation made public by the Washington Post on Friday — in which Trump is heard making sexually explicit comments about women while TV personality Billy Bush eggs him on — was typical of the kind of harmless «locker room talk» in which men engage in all the time.

But, she added, «as soon as I heard about this, I knew I was going to go because of my level of horror at the way folks are talking about women's issues postelection.»

We talk about grit all the time here at Spartan Race but Dr. Angela Lee Duckworth is the woman who literally wrote the book about it (or at least she will be when Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance is published May 3 by Scribner).

And there's nothing like some success to build on your confidence, to be able to ignore people who may suggest that because you're a woman you somehow don't know what you're talking about.

I was homeschooled, I went to college when I was 16, as a woman I'm really interested in the subjects I talk about, which are video games and things that aren't «traditionally» female.

In reviews, talk openly about gender stereotypes and make sure women are always considered for leadership positions and personal development opportunities, and recognized for their contributions.

This is where women need to put our collective foot down and say you can't insult us and talk about assaulting us and still expect our votes.

It's fun and normal, Trump suggests, for men to hang out talking about grabbing women by their crotches and forcing them to kiss you.

It's why downplaying or hiding the negative and presenting a benign or favorable version of events is endemic to politics, whether it's Hillary Clinton talking about her private email server, George W. Bush reflecting on his decision to invade Iraq, or Bill Clinton referring to «that woman.»

«Because I'm just here to talk about the biology of sex for women.»

The audience is a sea of blue and gray suits, and here I am in front of the room talking about women and sex.

«I will say that of the many shows I do throughout the year, Girls Night In was a singular evening that encouraged women to get together, talk and laugh about the things we go through as well as donate some money to Planned Parenthood.

And what I hate is that women are always asked the question about diversity, and if you're one of the few women in the room, you feel obligated to raise it as an issue, when you would rather far often talk about the economics of something.

And, whether we're talking about hedge funds or mutual funds, private equity or real estate trusts, there is not a single field with more than 5 percent of its assets managed by minority or women - owned firms, according to a recently released Knight Foundation report.

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And when a leaked Access Hollywood tape showed Trump and then - host Billy Bush making lewd comments about women, Trump said it was just «locker room talk.»

She champions women's issues and isn't afraid to talk about her kids, tell an off - color joke, or enjoy a sugary snack.

Hormonal changes during pregnancy are often talked about only in the context of women.

Whether you look at straight demographic statistics, listen to the testimony in the recent sexual harassment suit against storied VC firm Kleiner Perkins, or talk to female founders about their experiences fundraising, the picture you get of the industry's openness to women isn't the rosiest.

Arianna Huffington talks about how she's shaking things up at Uber, we meet the woman tasked with building Apple's China business — and you share your take on reporting around the backlash against women in tech.

The pitch: «I'm here today to talk to you about a problem that affects 85 % of women and 20 % of men... a $ 6 billion U.S. market.

Every time a man, whether it is our president, or a news anchor, demeans or diminishes a woman by grabbing her ass or talking about her body, or coming on to her instead of asking for her ideas and treating her like a professional in the workplace setting, they lose something too.

And I said, «This is a conference that talks about «really powerful women who've done great things «and celebrates them.»

I apologize to the American people, but this is locker room talk,» Trump said, referring to a recording published Friday by the Washington Post, in which he boasted about sexually assaulting women and trying to seduce a married woman.

But I take heart in the fact that, increasingly, women are talking openly about the pressures, both internal and external, that they face when they attempt to fit like square pegs into limiting, imaginary holes.

We spent over an hour discussing women in the workplace — and talking about the review that's underway by Eric Holder and Tammy Albarran into diversity and inclusion at Uber.

Monster.com career expert Vicki Salemi and Moneyish's Nicole Lyn Pesce join Catey Hill and Quentin Fottrell to talk about why wearing a cheerful expression is another double standard that working women face — even though it often has no impact on job performance.

In Silt, Colorado, a woman named Laura Amos no longer talks about the adrenal - gland tumor and other health complications she developed after her water was contaminated by a gas well drilled less than 1,000 feet from her home.

«What we all saw and heard on Friday was Donald talking about women — what he thinks about women, what he does to women — and he has said that the video doesn't represent who he is, but I think it's clear to anyone who heard it that it represents exactly who he is,» she said.