Girl Crush(es): Harriet Harman, Hazel Blears
Posted at 6:00 PM Feb 12, 2009
Have you heard? The shizzle has hit the fan re: the economy. Oh, and this just in: maybe the old boys, sheer-fear-and-testosterone-fueled caffeine-addled 10-hour sprints through wild market fluctuations, my dick is bigger than yours comparisons after said sprints are over conducted while chugging innumerable Double Scotches on the rocks, followed by strip club-hoppin 'til dawn fun house that passed as many a financier's jobby-job is partially to blame.
In Britain, where women hold roughly 12% of corporate top jobs on the FTSE 100 stock (compared to women's roughly 17% in the States), Harriet Harman, Minister for Women and Equality, and Hazel Blears, Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, are leading the charge for a changy-change. And business leaders are listening, acknowledging a need for an estrogen-heavy shake-up that will actively promote women in the biz world.
"Clearly, something needs to change," Howard Archer, chief European and U.K. economist at IHS Global Insight in London, recently told The Washington Post. "You can argue that the men have made a right mess of it, and now the ladies should have a go."
Right-oh, old chap, let us have a go!
Now let's bring some of this thinking stateside - because while breaking through the glass ceiling thanks to a worldwide financial crisis may not be the best way to achieve parity in the workplace, as my Grandma always said, "Well, it's better than a stick in the eye." Which is basically what we're getting now.
