My unsolicited advice to women in the workplace is this. When faced with sexism or ageism or lookism or even really aggressive Buddhism, ask yourself the following question: Is this person in between me and what I want to do? If the answer is no, ignore it and move on. Your energy is better used doing your work and outpacing people that way. Then, when youre in charge, dont hire the people who were jerky to you. If the answer is yes, you have a more difficult road ahead of you. I suggest you model your strategy after the old Sesame Street film piece, "Over! Under! Through! (If youre under forty, you might not remember this film. It taught the concepts of, over, and under, and through by filming toddlers crawling around an abandoned construction site. They dont show it anymore because someone has since realized thats nuts.) If your boss is a jerk, try to find someone above or around your boss who is not a jerk. If youre lucky, your workplace will have a neutral proving ground- like the rifle range or a car sales total board of the SNL read-through. If so, focus on that. Again, dont waste your energy trying to educate or change opinions. Go Over! Under! Through! and opinions will change organically when youre the boss. Or they wont. Who cares? Do your thing and dont care if they like it.
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