Gender "Wars"

When you see a deer you see Bambi
And I see antlers up on the wall
When you see a lake you think picnic
And I see a large mouth up under that log
You're probably thinking that you're going to change me
In some ways well maybe you might
Scrub me down, dress me up all but no matter what
Remember I'm still a guy

Brad Paisley (Continued)


I am woman, hear me roar
In numbers too big to ignore
And I know too much to go back an' pretend
'Cause I've heard it all before
And I've been down there on the floor

Helen Reddy

My last post was short and sweet and while I am glad it was I confess that my Brad Paisley lead in was intended to include some preliminary comments on "Gender Differences".  As Brad succinctly states in his song at he as a man sees the world differently than his "women" does.

I could not believe that after I decided to shorten my topic last post, virtually at that moment,  an employee at Google started a social media left/right divide controversy based on that very subject.  Who would have thunk it!  I may go back to my Karma topic!

Anyway, this topic might well be a minefield from which I never return.  I may well alienate some of my male and/or female readers no matter how I approach it, but like a moth to a flame I am drawn forward.

However, in the spirit of interjecting some humor FIRST I am going to share a video from 2004.  This video was made while I worked at AIG, well known for how seriously it took itself . It was also known for being a tough place for women to work.  I like to think my Division attempted to shatter some of those images by poking fun at the company and ourselves.  Our piece was actually made and shown at an insurance brokers conference we sponsored every year, where we shared our business plans with those who sold our products.

Anyway, the commentary at the beginning is grainy, the dialogue at times hard to hear, and there are many inside jokes.  However, early in the video Aretha Franklin's "Respect" is in the soundtrack a subtle clue on our own philosophy.  However I think you may get a chuckle at my John Travolta imitation a little more than half way through the video.  Overall the video is about 18 minutes long and I realize some of my readers may feel they do not have the time for that.  I do hope most of you give it a shot.  I will confess that two blog readers, Steve and Debbie Clark have seen this several years ago.  I think they got a chuckle from it, more because Steve was a competitor in our field!

I will save further discussions on this topic for next  week.  Hopefully at least a few of you will watch, and may even get something fun out of it!.

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Until Then
Adieu

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