Posted on 08/09/2005 5:28:53 PM PDT by pissant
Washington: Women who send flirtatious emails, wear short skirts or massage a man's shoulders at the workplace win fewer pay raises and promotions, according to a new study.
The study, conducted among MBA graduates by Tulane University, showed that half the respondents have sometimes engaged in some sexual behaviours to advance in their careers.
This includes crossing legs provocatively or leaning over a table to let men look down their shirts, it said.
But, interestingly, those women who said they have never engaged in sexual activities have earned an average of three promotions against two for the group that had employed sexuality, the study showed.
Those who said they never used sexuality at a workplace were, on an average, earning $75,000-$100,000 per annum, while the other half fell in the next-lowest range, $50,000 to $75,000.
The women in the study, the first of its kind, ranged in the age of mid-20 to 60 years, the 'USA Today' reported.
It was an attempt to make plain the negative consequences of such behaviour, the report said.
Academic experts have so far not studied the use of sexual behaviour in the work place.
After searching managerial literature, Tulane professor Arthur Brief found no evidence showing such behaviour to be effective or ineffective.
The Tulane study's findings are statistically significant to professional women looking for career advancement, Brief said.
Brief said the study goes so far as to suggest that women should even be careful about letting men open doors, because chivalry is "benevolent sexism" that advances the stereotype that women are vulnerable and weak.
His briefs are too tight!
Damn it pissy, stop using that word!! You have used it more than one person is allowed in an entire lifetime.
I hope for your sake that she is good looking.
Some gal asked me how short a skirt would have to be to be too short. I told her there isn't one.
Hell, I only thought you did it here!
I hope so.
May I hire you? I need another for the other lap. :)
I was thinking dungeon!
That does it. That is the second time you have called me a transvestite. I'm gonna hunt you down, buddy . . .
It's the only reason to have woman in the workplace anyhow! ;o)
By the way, where are the pictures?!
Ever heard of strapless and backless gowns? Hers is shapeless and hopeless.
Sweet and low would have been my answer. or, just less.
"I hope for your sake that she is good looking."
No, but she has a tattoo on her head that reads, "Let go of my ears, I know what I'm doing."
Yes, poor sap wouldn't do well ion todays era!
It's a more polite word than what I'd like to call ya! LOL
Nope. Gotta spread the joy! ;o)
LOL!!!
I think you'd want Wagglebee instead. He looks much better in a skirt!
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