Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for June 13, 2021

Gender bias. Racial bias. Class bias

It must be that time of the month for her.

I think that it would be extremely unusual for this to happen in real life.

Welcome to “Adventures in Reality.”

I’m told that some orchestras now “interview” musicians who are already seated behind a screen when the jury enters the hall. Can’t see ‘em, can’t hear the sound of their walking which is very likely gender-revealing. Just the music. Because they did a double-“blind” test in which the same jury heard the women and men applicants twice, once with the screen, once without, and the results were … revealing.

Alright. So what happens when it turns out that the writer is a “they?”

Can’t break through a bulletproof glass ceiling.

This strip lost plausibility in the fifth panel, before it was even mentioned that it’s a woman.

And how did both of them change ties right in the middle of talking?

Why do I feel the urge to beat someone with my crutches?

I understand the point, but …

Is the purpose here to show a problem or create a problem?

Is it meant to stir up division or create unity?

Corpy McCorp-Pants – well done the UK for introducing the ubiqitous “Mc” names

Uh-uh deja-vu: https://www.gocomics.com/nonsequitur/2001/09/16

I get what the cartoon is saying, but I honestly lost it at “Corpy McCorp-Pants”

Thumbs down.

And she only gets 82 cents for every dollar her male counterparts make and way less than the waste of space CEO!

My problem with this is that it seems like every time a glass ceiling is broken and women ARE let into a place or position, the first thing they seem to do is insist that the place change to accommodate them, instead of them accommodating themselves to what is already there. Example: decades of screaming and yelling to be let into the military. Finally it happened, and everything was ok originally. Then the new Feminists arrived and insisted that various physical levels be changed for them because “after pregnancy a woman’s abdominals won’t allow her to do certain exercises optimally”. Then it was insistence on changing various dress codes for hair, make-up and jewellery. The military gave in to them, and then had to make changes to allow the men more leeway as well. Strangely enough, the women who broke that ceiling 30 years ago disagree: “We would never have asked for special treatment, we insisted on being treated exactly the same!”

In business, nowadays a woman enters a company and starts by telling people they have to change their language, their body language, the jokes they tell, the way they leave toilet seats etc etc etc ad infiinitum. Personally I wouldn’t let a woman into MY company because it would make life hell for all the men. Example: any woman who had her eyes on a better position could easily get rid of the competition simply by stating “He touched me inappropriately”. And don’t think there aren’t women out there who wouldn’t stoop to such ploys as a way to get ahead!

Punish her, Make her Vice President.

yeah way to common,

Wow! We should have laws that prohibit discrimination based on gender. Of course, these days it would require several laws.

This would be funnier if it wasn’t so sad…and sadly accurate!

Such analyses were the major reason I left corporate America. . .didn’t matter WHO “completed” them, they were usually time-consuming and utterly useless to us foot soldiers in the trenches.

Note that this corporate office, like most, is located at the highest point. That’s because the toilets work better at flushing crap to lower floors.

Wiley is still living in 1950. Companies bend over backwards to promote women today.

Lived it for the past 4 decades. Truth.

After “…pretty schrill, doesn’t it…” comes the question, but is she pretty? We could use something good looking to ogle on the board.

Clearly you’re a man. I’m a female executive and I work 10x harder and temper everything down so it doesn’t sound b!tchy. But if a man says the exact same thing, he’s ‘leadership’ material.

just another variant of mansplaining.

Do f it were a perfect world, the top brass would (like everyone else) get paid for what they need. One hose with a room for each kid plus possibly 2 extra rooms, only one car per legal driving age person, and cost of living. In other words, no rich, no poor. All completely equal financially and everything else. If the person can work and refuses to, they do not get financial aid.

Haha…cup o’ corp.

Maybe I missed it. What’s the problem here?

Sad, but with a ring of reality.

oo burn

Yes, promote him immediately…so we can blame him for all of our problems before firing him for daring to say that what we do is wrong. Oh, wait – it’s a woman? Well, do everything she says, and the board will publicly take all the credit – oh, and maybe move her to one or two offices closer to a corner. A fine example of what is known as the Paula Principle at work – “Women are not allowed to be promoted to their level of incompetence.”

I like the logo of the top-of-the-chain organization.

(imagines “HIM”, “HE”, and “HIS” being used as gender neutral pronouns)

Think again.

My sister used to work in the corporate world, and was a top producer. When she was given less of a raise than the one given to a man who wasn’t doing as good a job as she, she asked her boss why. He said, “Well, I guess it’s because you’re a married woman, and he has a family to support.” He actually said that out loud, she sued, and they settled.

Darn near hysterical. (

Again with the “um.”

Look at data from WSJ, Pew Research, 50/50 Women on Boards, Brookings,…etc. The percentage of women (and minorities) in upper management and in boardrooms is increasing, although not as fast as many want. The only demographic group that is decreasing are white men.

In my life, about 50% of my bosses were female, and in my opinion, 100% of them have not been given an equal voice and pay because of gender. I would work for or with any of them again. This continues to be a problem in the world, and it is worse outside the US. Companies are much better off when they are led by leaders with a wide array of experiences and beliefs than a narrow set of like minded individuals.

It gets worse:“Oh, and she’s also autistic.”“In that case, fire her!” I find it strange how we consider ourselves “woke” these days when people with special needs are still discriminated against and persecuted.

Oh Please, Wiley

Zinger

This is how we got saddled with the 45th president.

No glass ceiling at that company, it’s solid concrete.

Sounds like S.O.P. for corporations.

I noticed that the first SpaceX launch to the space station had a lot of women involved in the explanation, countdown, and launch crew engineers.

Wiley is getting senile.

heartbreaking for those of us who have lived through it

The top-level corp, >U corp has just changed its name:

We>she.

Maybe we could drop gender bias, change it to who will kill the Spyder in the Shower. Personal Plumbing is less important than total buy in to company life…nothing else matters when it comes to profit.

Data:- Population in the USA: 51.1 % female vs 48.9 % male - Only 29% of senior management is female.- 33 Fortune 500 companies are led by female CEOs (that’s only 6% !).- Only 12.5% of American women are employed as Chief Financial Officers in Fortune 500 Companies.- Female CEOs are more likely to be fired than male CEOs.

Love love love. Thank you for the reality check for people who still, unbelievably, have no idea what we are up against. The more things change, the more they remain the same.

The truth hurts…

The more things change, the more … you know the rest.

I have had this comic laminated and hanging in my work office for a couple of decades. I wish I could say that things have changed but it is as true today as it was 20-some years ago.

A daily occurrence in Corporate life. And woe to any male who supports a woman in that role. Sign me “been there, done that”.

Thank you, Mr. Wiley, for truth in ‘comic’ commentary.

You are spot on Wiley!!! Thanks for putting this out there.

Yes.

Doesn’t work like that.