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Why must we keep doing this? Read this article by Amelie Lamont.

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Ask any woman working in the STEM field and she’ll tell you the “glass ceiling” blocking them from upper-level jobs is real. Despite high-profile exceptions like General Motors CEO Mary Barra — a trained engineer — women managers in math- and science-based organizations are few and far between.

At the U.S. News & World Report STEM Solutions Conference in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, a panel featuring two women leaders in STEM agreed: It takes more than training as an engineer, or scientist, or mathematician, to figure out how to shatter the glass.

“You have to be a strong scientist, first, then you have to be a strong leader, which is hard for a women,” said Xiaochun Luo, PhD., group vice president and chief science officer for Avon Products. But mentorship, she added, is critical, as well as working for an organization that “truly has a heart” and believes women can rise to the top.

The panel, “Closing the Management Gender Gap,” explored the lack of women in STEM leadership roles in corporations and private industry. Moderated by Mimi Lufkin, the chief executive at National Alliance for Partnerships in Equity, the panel featured Luo, a trained chemist; Teresa B. Vanhooser, deputy director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center; and General Motors’ John Calabrese, vice president for global vehicle engineering.

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Adventures in Feminism.

I've been interning this summer at my first real, grown-up job.  I've been with this company for a few weeks, and last night I was asked to stand up in front of the entire staff (around 100 people) and introduce myself.  I said, "My name is Michelle, I'm interning for the summer, and I graduate from school in December."  Someone asked me if I enjoyed my job, to which I replied, "I love it very, very much!  I really want to keep working here!"  

Today, a high-ranking person in the company pulled me aside, and kindly and respectfully told me that I was unprofessional when I introduced myself, and I might have made a bad impression to the other staff members.  I was shocked!  I asked her what I did wrong, and she said that my voice is too high, which made me sound girly. This was a turn-off to the staff, which is largely made up of middle-aged men.

Funny, I didn't realize that being "girly" is unprofessional, or that the pitch of my voice was offensive in the corporate world.  How hilariously depressing.

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Article by at 0000-00-00 00:00:00 Categorized in Articles, There’s a very insightful article by Funny About Money that caught my eye, as it discussed the concept of a glass ceiling in the world of blogging . It makes mention of how there’s a dearth of female bloggers who are successful enough to make a living through blogging. No, let me rephrase that — there’s a scarcity of female PF (personal finance) bloggers who are able to make money online and earn a living off of their blogs. I can agree with that particular observation — there are very few female PF bloggers I know who are indeed making money off their sites. I feel very lucky to be one of those who have been able to wing it as a full time PF blogger whilst running two main sites (this one and TheDigeratiLife.com ). But allow me to point out at least one other female PF blogger who’s been able to do this as well: Madison DuPaix of My Dollar Plan . Here’s the thing though — t