"Mama don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys," sings Willie Nelson. [lyric was Googled]<\/p>\n
If they do, they better not marry a career woman,<\/a> says Forbes. Because they’ll be sick, unhappy, cheated on and have a dirty house.\u00a0 [first seen on Just Shelley<\/a>, who links to a lot of great commentary]<\/p>\n She’ll be more likely to lie<\/a> as well.\u00a0That’s why we’re so good at PR,\u00a0 says<\/a> this PR practioner. (a woman, ouch). [hat tip Sherrilynne Starkie<\/a>]<\/p>\n Yup, that’s what we really need. More images like these of professional women. <\/p>\n I suspect my readers wonder from time to time why I move away from my usual marketing, tech and\u00a0 PR topics, and go on what I affectionately call a "feminist gender bender." <\/p>\n Crap like this is why. <\/p>\n Sexism is still with us, no matter how much we wish it weren’t, and to say it ain’t so or pretend there is no problem, is to go through life with blinkers on. <\/p>\n Don’t.<\/p>\n Tags: sexism<\/a>, Forbes<\/a>, gender bias<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" "Mama don’t let your babies grow up to be cowboys," sings Willie Nelson. [lyric was Googled] If they do, they better not marry a career woman, says Forbes. Because they’ll be sick, unhappy, cheated on and have a dirty house.\u00a0 [first seen on Just Shelley, who links to a lot of great commentary] She’ll be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t