Appoint women and indigenous whales to boards
After an inspiring evening at the Women in Financial Services Awards, Outsider decided to revisit Money Management women's stories and found a treasure trove of misogynistic and negative comments.
Outsider felt particularly offended as the Money Management editorial team is currently 90 per cent female.
In one story about encouraging boards to appoint more female directors, a commenter blamed "special interest groups and unelected bureaucrats" for the push.
The commentator then proceeded to explain that this was why Donald Trump was in the running to be the US president and why Brexit happened.
Outsider would like to remind that certain commentator that Trump is a man, and that a man suggested Brexit.
Another commentator with more than enough time on his hands asked what happened to merit, competence, and individual drive. However, does the commentator realise that all merit and competence has been dictated by men who have dominated the industry?
If a board has never appointed a female, how would it know what qualities they are missing, or realise what they did not know what they needed?
The same commentator also asked "What's next? ‘Board Quota Appointment Rights For LGBTIQxyz, Handicapped. Indigenous Whales', as per Margaret Roadknight's song?"
As far as Outsider is concerned, if perhaps we had given consideration to indigenous whales, it could have prevented Trump from running for president of the free world, and it would have averted Brexit.
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