Women at an Advantage?

I just recently got a job at an insurance company. While i was at work today someone came up to me and told me that i should think about selling insurance for a living. I thought this was wierd because this is the first job i have ever had involving insurance and i really dont know much about insurance. He said that i would be great in that field because i am a tall blonde that knows how to dress well and i know how to talk to people. I took this as a great compliment because i want to be a great business woman when i get a career, but it also made me think. Do women have an advantage just because we are women??

He continued to tell me about a close friend of his that wanted to start her own business selling insurance. So she put on her short skirt, low shirt, tall heels, and a great smile and headed out to the Hispanic car dealerships. He said the first few months she did this she made about 5,000 a month just targeting these car dealerships. Then we got in a discussion about how any well dressed woman with confidence and a great smile could walk into a room full of men and sell anything. To me this is a great advantage, but also i want not only to be know as the pretty girl that can sell insurance, but as a woman that has worked her butt off to get where she is today.

Sex and Ad's on the View

Yesterday morning i was getting ready for work and i was listening to the view. They had two women on that were regular everyday mom's. In the beginning they were talking about themselves and how the regular sized woman in around size 14. These women were about that size and were beautiful and successfull with a family and children, but feel like they are ab-normal because it seems that the "normal" size for a women these days is a size 2. What got my attention after that was that they showed the ad for the Dove that we watched in class saying "talk to her before they do." Then they brought up that Dove also sells Axe, and showed one of the commercials.

There was alot of discussion about these ads and how it is horrible that a company would do such a thing to promote sex. But then Star Jones chimmed in on the conversation and stated they are a business selling a product, trying to make money, and that is how the world is today. And i agreed with her. As i sat in class when we were having a conversation about this, i was thinking to myself the same thing. Yes when i have a girl i will talk to her about these things because that would be my job as a mom. But as a business woman i have to do my job, and my job is to sell.

Women Broadcasters

As i read the chapter over women broadcasters i had several mixed emotions about the subject. As i began to read i knew that there are several women that do broadcasting for sports and i am somewhat jelous of them. To me that would be a great field to work in. Since my major is marketing i would love to do marketing for the dallas cowboys or the Stars. But there are also many things to think about being a woman in such a man dominated field.

To be a woman interviewing for a position like that you would definitley have to have your hair fixed, tight skirt, low shirt and a bubbly personality. And yes that can be sexist, but if you really think about it, these people are selling their sport and want not only men and women to watch. And of course a man is going to watch a beautiful woman talking about his favorite sport. But also as a woman viewer i respect women that have that much courage. To get a career like that, you have to know that she is a strong woman that wont let anyway tear her apart (even some sexist man as her boss.)

Oral History Project

For the oral history project, i thought it would be a very interesting project to do and has been one that i have never done before. When i first looked at the newspaper i selected from the 60's, i was wondering what people would think about us by looking at our newspapers. With all of the crime we have today...you wonder if it is going to be the same, worse, or if someone is going to come up with a solutions to the worlds problems in 50 or 60 years?

As for looking into the past with the newspaper, the big thing that i focused on was that there were no pictures of just women. If there were a picture with a woman she was either with a man or it was just an ad for bra's or ironing boards. It is amazing how women have become more respected and even very powerful, especially in the business and political aspect.

I had aolt of fun doing this project and i thought it was a great idea not only for research, but for understanding the way people lived before us.