Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Tek) 9/26/83; site tekecs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!akgua!mcnc!decvax!ucbvax!ucbcad!tektronix!orca!tekecs!bmg From: bmg@tekecs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: Feminism and a double standard(?) Message-ID: <3548@tekecs.UUCP> Date: Sun, 26-Feb-84 13:06:43 EST Article-I.D.: tekecs.3548 Posted: Sun Feb 26 13:06:43 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 27-Feb-84 08:51:27 EST Organization: Tektronix, Wilsonville OR Lines: 29 What's wrong with the double standard? I say you use every technique available to you to best get your job done. I am a female engineer, and if I can persuade someone to put in extra effort on a project simply by my flirting with him, why shouldn't I? Generally it is very easy for me to tell if a coworker prefers to deal in a strictly professonal attitude, or if mutual flirting is the best relationship. This is usually established within the first few hours. There are a lot of people at work who do not take women engineers very seriously. But my limited experience of 8 years has shown that these are the very people I can manipulate the easiest. At first they tend to ignore me, pretent I'm not around. But when I start flirting with them - they almost instantly have time for me. Once I have their attention, I can start discussing work, and the occasional flirting keeps them interested. If I need them to do some work for me, I usually estimate how long it will take, and then challenge them to get it done in half the time. Promises of my returning to find if they did complete the work, and possibly some other reward has almost always produced the results in half the time! I have NEVER provided any reward besides a big smile and a kind word. Also, if they repeatedly produce good work, a word to their manager always helps. Before I get misquoted, note I stated above that my attitude depends on the attitude of the person I am dealing with. 90% of my coworkers are treated as equals, but the few macho people who seem to act as if women should stay in the home are the ones this works on. For those people, I know I have the edge. Why shouldn't I take advantage of it? - Barbara Theus