the thing that made me so cross about the ‘missing your children’s sports day’ comment is that there is 100% undeniably a healthy dose of expectation there that would and should be ~someone else~ (surely, usually a woman) in the background to pick up that slack at home while you work on the absolutely essential world-changing job that is a pitch, only to be rewarded with friday beers and pizza (again, out of office hours and seeping into real life hours). it’s no wonder adland is still so dominated by a certain kind of man with comments like this still floating around. GAH. (loved this week’s FTOF though, as always!)
the thing that made me so cross about the ‘missing your children’s sports day’ comment is that there is 100% undeniably a healthy dose of expectation there that would and should be ~someone else~ (surely, usually a woman) in the background to pick up that slack at home while you work on the absolutely essential world-changing job that is a pitch, only to be rewarded with friday beers and pizza (again, out of office hours and seeping into real life hours). it’s no wonder adland is still so dominated by a certain kind of man with comments like this still floating around. GAH. (loved this week’s FTOF though, as always!)
You're so right. And I didn't think of that bit. Uggggghhhhhhh.