Frustrations

I am a smart woman. I am a successful woman. I am a capable woman, yet time after time after time I am made to feel otherwise.

Being in the management field there is a clear difference between women and men, and I know some are sitting there rolling their eyes and saying to themselves yea right just an excuse but I have fallen victim to it on more than one occasion.

For the last 10 years of my life I have been a manager and in these 10 years I have been accused of 4 affairs, I have been rumored to be pregnant (for 15 months straight phew what a long grueling pregnancy) when no baby ever came I was said to have had a miscarriage and then rumored to have gone out on a leave of absence due to my depression after losing the imaginary baby.

I have reported sexual harassment only to be told the one thing a woman is scared of hearing when reporting sexual harassment "Maybe you should reconsider how you dress."

I have aced interviews only to be told that I have come in second to more qualified *ahem, men* people.

Recently I was told by human resources that I should stop applying to jobs because it makes me look "desperate."

I was 1 of 3 out of 120 people rated a 2 on my review last year yet I am told that I am not qualified and desperate when I try to better myself and further my career.

And I am sick of it.

Time to teach all you women out there how to deal with situations you will run into that no one ever tells you about. Time to start talking.