Ava_Marie
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Attended a webinar today hosted by the Mortgage Bankers Association (yes, I work in that industry) on Communications that was specifically for Women Leaders in the industry. As I was listening to the presenter I recognized that a number of the helpful hints and guidelines seemed to be about making Women's communication more male, that is, more direct and forceful. I found this a bit problematic based on my limited experience as I have been called out several times at work for being direct and standing up for myself. For example: I was cautioned about being "Abrupt" when I had not started an on-line Chat with a friendly greeting i.e. "Hello" or "Good Morning". On another occasion I was provided a verbal warning because I called out male co-workers for interrupting me multiple times during daily meeting I lead. I know a part of this is due to the double standards for Male and Female behavior but I had not expected such blatant disparate treatment. Not sure what the experience of others have been and I would be interested in hearing about the experiences of other Transgender Women.
Attended a webinar today hosted by the Mortgage Bankers Association (yes, I work in that industry) on Communications that was specifically for Women Leaders in the industry. As I was listening to the presenter I recognized that a number of the helpful hints and guidelines seemed to be about making Women's communication more male, that is, more direct and forceful. I found this a bit problematic based on my limited experience as I have been called out several times at work for being direct and standing up for myself. For example: I was cautioned about being "Abrupt" when I had not started an on-line Chat with a friendly greeting i.e. "Hello" or "Good Morning". On another occasion I was provided a verbal warning because I called out male co-workers for interrupting me multiple times during daily meeting I lead. I know a part of this is due to the double standards for Male and Female behavior but I had not expected such blatant disparate treatment. Not sure what the experience of others have been and I would be interested in hearing about the experiences of other Transgender Women.