A Woman’s Guide to Claiming Space: Stand Tall. Raise Your Voice. Be Heard. by Eliza vancort

Author:Eliza vancort
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc.

Search Engines Reveal Terrifying Truths

Predictably, when you search online for those words with Hillary Clinton’s name, the words with the highest hits are “crazy,” “feminist,” and “bitch.”

Then, I got curious. What would happen if I swapped out “Hillary Clinton” with “woman CEO”?

I had predicted “Hillary Clinton bitch” would have many more hits than “woman CEO bitch.”I mean, these CEO’s were just badass women with opinions, overcoming the odds and successfully leading companies, right?

Nope. While Clinton got a ton of hits, women CEOs got way more.

This is not the most scientific study, as many search engines set algorithms to our preferences. That said, I had several friends try this and they all came up with the same order. Try it! I’ll put money on “crazy,” “feminist,” and “bitch” always landing in the top three. (Try it with “woman politician” as well. That will really blow your mind, especially if you combine the three words, such as “woman politician crazy feminist.”) I won’t give it away. Go try it.

The message to women is clear. Whatever profession you go into, if you become too powerful, you are a crazy feminist bitch and should probably shut up.

Thankfully, women are catching on to why and how these words are used, and many of us are no longer having it.

Remember when Trump said, “such a nasty woman” during a debate with Hillary Clinton? The hashtag #IAmANastyWomanBecause soon went viral. I myself have a mug on my kitchen counter that says, “Nasty Women get stuff done.” So many of us now proudly proclaim we are Nasty Women.

Trump may have won the election, but he lost that word. Nasty is ours now. And now let’s claim those other words as well!

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