In a series of reports from the Utah Women and Leadership Project, hundreds of Utah women share their experiences with sexism, and how they dealt with it.
The goal — according to the reports’ authors, Robbyn Scribner, April Townsend and Susan Madsen — is to educate people about the ways that sexism demeans and disempowers women, and “to equip women with the tools they need to better combat the sexism they experience from day to day.”
“I once had a client tell me in no uncertain terms that they would really prefer to work with a man, ‘just because, you know, it’s accounting.’” “While at a speaking event where I was about to present, the host was having issues with the mic, and I went to help fix it and had to have my head down under the podium and he said, ‘While you’re down there....’”
“I was assembling some furniture in our home and my son’s friend said, ‘You can’t do that; you’re a girl. You have to wait until your husband gets home.’” “I was told that I could participate in a vendor meeting, but I should not comment. If I have information to share, I should talk to my male peer and have him provide my feedback.”“I was arguing a case before the Utah Court of Appeals when opposing counsel was trying to assert why my argument was incorrect and kept referring to me as ‘little missy.’”“I was devastated and said nothing. The meeting ended with the male leader seeming pleased, but I felt disposable.
“There’s a lot I would have liked to say, but I couldn’t, given our power dynamic. I just ended up feeling lesser-than and angry.”
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