Looks like Wtf links are going to be a regular feature here. So, we give you all ze way from ze Germany, Wtf link of the week – Those sharp teeth are out to get you. Where career women are said to be Piranhas. (Carnivorous Freshwater Fish. No less!)
They are identifiable not by their short skirts or heavy make-up but by their unflinching devotion to their male bosses…. We all know the story: women are supposedly taking control, marrying later and “putting off” motherhood until well into their 30s or early 40s. But scratch below the surface and you’ll find that many of these career-minded Amazons are only tolerating singledom while frantically scanning the horizon for an old-fashioned knight in shining armour. … Men are notoriously susceptible to flattery, especially when they are past their prime.
So lovely ladies at work. Please wear short skirts and heavy make-up, so your well past their prime colleagues are aware that you are not going to seduce them by being a hardworking employee. You got a big bonus baby? You, seductress you! Do shoddy work. That way, nobody will have doubts about the intentions of their female employees.
Apparently men are notoriously vulnerable to flattery. Just don’t tell your team members they did a good job okay? The man will fling away his marital bliss and come running to you. It isn’t his fault when he leaves his wife – you’re just so damn efficient! It’s YOUR fault you mean many-teethed working fish (no, woman!).
Remember, according to the FT – if you work too hard you’re out to snap up a husband in the workplace, and if you work any less – you just slept your way through to the promotion. Your choice? Bimbo or Fish.
Feministe has a wonderful response to this.
Posted on June 6th, 2006 by Neha Viswanathan
Filed under: Gender, Media
oh gosh! I didnt know! Those poor male babies, duped by these sharks *whoops* I mean women!
Damn, Neha all this while I thought women actually ‘worked’ in the office.
I finally realised the kind of ‘work’ they indulge in…..
youve opened my eyes….
*unsucessfully tries to hold her laughter*
bwahahahahahahaha..
* bursts into laughter*
I know men who are willing to temporarily turn gay to please their boss :) Bootlicking is practiced irrespective of gender. If men do it it’s “playing politically.” If a woman does it, it’s being slutty.
err… not for nothing, but I’ve seen this and have even experienced it in Latin America/Caribbean. It’s not what I would say is a ’sex’ thing, it’s like a nurturing project sort of thing. Men are usually just nouns. Very strange.
I wouldn’t mind wearing a short skirt to office tomorrow. But what do I do with the mustache?
Tuck it back in your skirt?
Megha: I am glad to have enlightened you .. anytime!
twisted dna: I believe it’s called double standards. Perhaps even triple standards. Since married and unmarried women appear to be categorized. Oops! I forgot. Married women don’t work!!
Taran: Yes men are passive creatures who have no say in relationships. Women are punching unrelenting bosses in their faces.
km: Uhm. Didn’t you know? All women take their moustaches off. That’s what a salon is for! :)