There are...places like that outside of Vegas and LA? Whoa.
Your question is funny (your situation and actually asking it, probably less so) but true.
I think that kind of business attracts. But as everyone knows - its superficial and flakey. You have to ask yourself if you'd rather work somewhere with, yes, REAL people, REAL women (y'know the ones who WEAR clothes?) Consumerists are shallow and its a mindset only they can change.
If I had to work there, I'd personally feel sexually intimidated and/or competitive.
So my answer would be: no. You would not feel welcome unless you look like/weigh like/smile like those skimpy girls. I say leave the skimpy to them, personally.
(Also, sleezy MALE receptionists? YUCK! And that's in OKLAHOMA for crying out loud! If I'm there for business, I'd like to do business, not be distracted by short skirts and low-cut tops on any gender because believe me, those *would* distract me. Then again, assuming I'm a guy going into that place...well, men buy/do business with their dicks)
No no - the example I gave was bizarro world! In reality, everyone there that I saw was male except for five females - fat gal on forklift, tank top gal in assembly, assistant gal, file clerk gal, and attractive receptionist. Everyone else was male (and white), and fit to a degree that is unusual in the US, when you're looking at a large sample size.
It's very normal for me to go to a workplace and be among the minority. 20% female is pretty normal. Less than 10% female is weird though, especially when those few females are clearly bottom of the ladder. HR is typically a bastion of female-ness, and at this place, even that was men.
I was just saying that if you took a bizarro world and flipped the genders, wouldn't that look really, REALLY weird? To have a large scale workplace, where the work has nothing to do with gender (really, making hoists? hardly the exclusive domain of men), and have 95% of the people there be women. Wouldn't that stand out and look odd? Wouldn't you think a man trying to enter that workplace would feel out of place? And that's assuming that men aren't particularly discriminated against, and don't have a boatload of prejudices working against them.
And there I am, a woman, trying to decide if this is a place where I want to work.
Of course with my luck, this will be the one place that's desperate to hire me. :(
Your question is funny (your situation and actually asking it, probably less so) but true.
I think that kind of business attracts. But as everyone knows - its superficial and flakey. You have to ask yourself if you'd rather work somewhere with, yes, REAL people, REAL women (y'know the ones who WEAR clothes?) Consumerists are shallow and its a mindset only they can change.
If I had to work there, I'd personally feel sexually intimidated and/or competitive.
So my answer would be: no. You would not feel welcome unless you look like/weigh like/smile like those skimpy girls. I say leave the skimpy to them, personally.
(Also, sleezy MALE receptionists? YUCK! And that's in OKLAHOMA for crying out loud! If I'm there for business, I'd like to do business, not be distracted by short skirts and low-cut tops on any gender because believe me, those *would* distract me. Then again, assuming I'm a guy going into that place...well, men buy/do business with their dicks)
Thanks for sharing! That's kind of scary.
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It's very normal for me to go to a workplace and be among the minority. 20% female is pretty normal. Less than 10% female is weird though, especially when those few females are clearly bottom of the ladder. HR is typically a bastion of female-ness, and at this place, even that was men.
I was just saying that if you took a bizarro world and flipped the genders, wouldn't that look really, REALLY weird? To have a large scale workplace, where the work has nothing to do with gender (really, making hoists? hardly the exclusive domain of men), and have 95% of the people there be women. Wouldn't that stand out and look odd? Wouldn't you think a man trying to enter that workplace would feel out of place? And that's assuming that men aren't particularly discriminated against, and don't have a boatload of prejudices working against them.
And there I am, a woman, trying to decide if this is a place where I want to work.
Of course with my luck, this will be the one place that's desperate to hire me. :(
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