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FTSE company boards' excuses for not appointing women, translated for the 21st century
The government is reviewing the lack of women on top company boards. Here are the top ten excuses it has heard from FTSE 350 company heads – translated for the modern world:
1. “I don’t think women fit comfortably into the board environment”
TRANSLATION: “I can’t be bothered to change a culture built on centuries of male domination that I, for some reason, am really familiar and comfortable with but women just aren’t?”
2. “There aren’t that many women with the right credentials and depth of experience to sit on the board – the issues covered are extremely complex”
TRANSLATION: “I’m secretly terrified that someone will notice I only got to where I am due to white male mediocrity and I actually have no idea what I’m doing and have never truly understood my job. I am a sad ghost in a tie.”
3. “Most women don’t want the hassle or pressure of sitting on a board”
TRANSLATION: “For some reason women find other jobs to do than work for companies that are disproportionately run by desiccated old sexists like me.”
4. “Shareholders just aren’t interested in the make-up of the board, so why should we be?”
TRANSLATION: “Our shareholders are also all men.”
1. “I don’t think women fit comfortably into the board environment”
TRANSLATION: “I can’t be bothered to change a culture built on centuries of male domination that I, for some reason, am really familiar and comfortable with but women just aren’t?”
2. “There aren’t that many women with the right credentials and depth of experience to sit on the board – the issues covered are extremely complex”
TRANSLATION: “I’m secretly terrified that someone will notice I only got to where I am due to white male mediocrity and I actually have no idea what I’m doing and have never truly understood my job. I am a sad ghost in a tie.”
3. “Most women don’t want the hassle or pressure of sitting on a board”
TRANSLATION: “For some reason women find other jobs to do than work for companies that are disproportionately run by desiccated old sexists like me.”
4. “Shareholders just aren’t interested in the make-up of the board, so why should we be?”
TRANSLATION: “Our shareholders are also all men.”
[link:https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/feminism/2018/05/ftse-company-boards-excuses-not-appointing-women-translated-21st-century|
Heh. Male Privilege Writ Large