I was in a meeting today where we were planning a women's focused event and just as I had predicted, the two men in the room tried to take over the planning and the conversation. How frustrating!!! The two men belong to a service organization yet they aren't listening to their "customers" - the women in the group. The two men were forcing a logo upon the group when there wasn't a women in the room that liked the logo they presented.
It boiled down, in my opinion, to "kiss ass" and "credit." One guy was a kiss ass who was pushing a logo suggestion handed down by a VP - who also happened to be a male. The other one was dominating the planning because he wants credit for the entire event. Male hogs I say!
The women's event is all about empowering women to take charge of their careers and once again we faced two male road blocks. But I'm not going to let them stop me from doing a great job at my part of the event. I guess that's all I can do, for now.
How would you handle this situation?
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