Feminine charm bracelet

I once heard the expression, "Some women climb the corporate ladder on their backs."

Ouch.

How did I say it a few posts ago? "Bring your A Game, Don't wear your V neck."

I have/am collecting books about women in business. It's a topic that intrigues me because well, I'm a woman and I plan on working in some sort of business. Useful knowledge, no?

So, today when a friend and I were talking about using feminine charm at work, I thought about it just a little bit more.

When is it OK to use your feminine assets to get what you want?

Women use their pretty smiling faces and their curvy size 4 (is that an oxymoron?) bodies to get what they want often. They use these things in relationships, encounters with male peers in group projects and in the office, among other places. They use these attributes knowingly and unknowingly, innocently and maliciously. It's perfectly OK for a woman to lean over and show that little line between her mammary glands in hopes of getting something, whether it's a late night rendezvous or 50 more cents an hour.

I'm not condoning this behavior, but let's be real. Sometimes, it's just business. And, sometimes you have to use what you have to get what you want. I'm just saying.

Unfortunately, there are women who take such behavior to extremes and do mindless things such as sleep with bosses. Yeah. I don't really consider them women at all, at least not ones I would ever befriend, speak to, or look at and because I don't write about dirt on this blog and instead I write about people, let's keep it moving.

Your personality and your brains should be the most important and valuable things you bring to any situation, especially a work environment. But, a little sex appeal goes a long way, especially in a more casual situation, say, a date? Don't rely on it but don't overlook it. All things in moderation, ladies. All things in moderation.

The NAACP says Knowledge is power. Maybe, sometimes, cleavage is power, too.

Love freely,

tY