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Originally posted by steffie
Face it lady webmasters, men in this business WILL NEVER take us serious as webmistresses, it doesn't matter how many sites, how much money and how bright we are. EXPECIALLY if you also content somewhere on the net.
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I couldn't disagree with this more. What you're basically saying here is that all men are disrespectful to female webmasters in this business. In my experience, every sentence that starts with "all men" or "all women" is just plain wrong. Fact is, the only thing "all men" are is, well... men. Other than that, everyone is different.
Having said that, I'll add that I can see where at the big shows it can happen where the business women are disrespected. A large chunk of this business is based on disrespect, thus it attracts a lot of seedy people with ambiguous morals that are looking for a quick buck, so it is only natural that any large function will contain a good percentage of immaturity. I also think that there are likely a lot of good respectful professional webmasters that stay at home and remain in the wings of the business, so you rarely if ever see them at the shows. But they are out there nonetheless.
I can safely say with 100% confidence that if I were to attend one of these shows I wouldn't make assumptions about anyone as to their status in the biz. If I were to meet you Steffie, and your hubby, I would inquire during our conversation what you both do, and that would be that.
My point here really is that not all men are any one thing, but I can absolutely see where it could get frustrating when you have dummies assuming all sorts of things about you at the shows. I know several female web admins that attend these large shows, and they conduct themselves completely in a complete professional manner and are good representatives of their employers at all times. They all say much the same things as Tam said above, and that kind of respect pretty much comes from within. Anyone standing in a room with Tam having no respect for her will soon get the message plain and simple. (or loud and clear, depending)