The Glass Ceiling Fable
- Virgil Lassiter
- Jun 26, 2017
- 2 min read
The Glass Ceiling is a Fable.
I am getting more and more confused about all the rhetoric swirling around the “equality” for women issue.
Just a little quick math and I can report that the Crain’s 2017 50 Most Powerful Women Honorees oversee $861 Billion in revenue. That’s right $861 Billion.
That is an incredible amount of money on anyone’s watch. But the awards are recognizing Women, only.
I am sure lots of men are envious of the distaff side. I too am envious that I have not in my dreams come close to what they have achieved.
These women hold top positions at some of the most prominent companies. Represented on the list are the female CEOs of IBM, GE Business Innovations, Deloitte U.S., Forest City New York, The New York Community Trust, KPMG, Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America, Citibank, CIT Group, American Museum of Natural History, The Corcoran Group, Douglas Elliman Real Estate, Health First, Emblem Health, Hunter College, A&E Networks….. to name just a few.
So much for equality being an issue for these women.
It turns the argument on its head. Do women really need special consideration, assistance or favored nation status in government bidding processes. Can it honestly be argued against the back drop of so many women at the helm of major, important economic giants of industry. Ever market sector now sports more than one women CEO.
Clearly these women have been able to achieve because they had the goods. Vision, knowledge and experience got them to the top. They were not given preferential treatment by way of quotas, set asides, preferences. No, they earned their way by being top performers and leading executives.
Isn’t it time to understand that gender is not a criterion for success. Either is color or any other consideration. Those are arguments whose time has passed.
Impressive accomplishments are outstanding no matter the gender of the person in the corner office. Being able to rise to those lofty positions took grit, determination, smarts and clear eyed decision making.
Women are not second class citizens by any stretch of the imagination and the whole “women’s” equality issue is so much rubbish. It casts women as disadvantaged, as victims of external forces.
The list of 50 Most Powerful Women kind of puts to rest that alleged dynamic.
Go get um ladies your accomplishments are an example to all – men and women alike.