At eight weeks pregnant, most of my workday was spent suppressing the urge to vomit on whomever I was interviewing.
That memory was why I was momentarily floored by the recent revelation that Serena Williams won the Australian Open final while at the same stage in her pregnancy, triumphing 6-4, 6-4 in the final.
My amazement abated when I also remembered she含羞草研究社檚 a supreme athlete and sports role model for the ages含羞草研究社攁n absolute pro.
Why shouldn含羞草研究社檛 she prevail in her area of expertise while her uterus was occupied? I certainly wasn含羞草研究社檛 less able to quote 含羞草研究社�90s TV like a pro含羞草研究社攎y area of expertise含羞草研究社� when I had a tummy-expanding tenant.
Thing is, being a woman isn含羞草研究社檛 an impediment. Sure, we have socially constructed road-blocks, but we, in our respective areas of expertise, are good enough, smart enough and it really doesn含羞草研究社檛 matter at all whether you like us as we succeed. (Ten points if you can identify that bungled 含羞草研究社�90s-ism.)
That含羞草研究社檚 what I like about our premier, actually.
She is an ace politician. She can deliver and take sharp political blows in equal measure and still come out unruffled, mastering the balance between light and serious better than the majority of her contemporaries.
She含羞草研究社檚 confident, knows her material and doesn含羞草研究社檛 back down. Like Williams with tennis. Like me, with 含羞草研究社�90s TV quotes.
BC Liberals know this, I含羞草研究社檇 assume. That含羞草研究社檚 why she含羞草研究社檚 their party leader.
Yet lately they seem to want to make her sound like she含羞草研究社檚 a victim and I can含羞草研究社檛 help but think that it含羞草研究社檚 a terrible bit of strategy that not only undermines the premier but women in general.
This all came up in a debate a week ago when BC NDP leader John Horgan repeatedly interrupted Clark. He was snarky含羞草研究社攍ike everyone else含羞草研究社攁nd at one point he said she should 含羞草研究社漷ake a few minutes and read something.含羞草研究社�
Clark handled it well, but party supporters were ridiculously excited about it.
Mike McDonald, who was previously Clark含羞草研究社檚 chief of staff got onto the Twitter and wrote 含羞草研究社満卟菅芯可绂But today含羞草研究社檚 radio debate takes the cake. (Horgan) is clearly threatened by a strong female leader.含羞草研究社�
Pamela Martin, another party insider, took to Huffington Post to talk about Horgan含羞草研究社檚 comments and equated them to casual sexism, noting it has no place in our political system.
Then all these women on the a political gossip page I follow took her words to heart and started posting about how they couldn含羞草研究社檛 vote for the NDP, now that they know Horgan is a sexist.
This threw me for a loop and made me actually wonder: Is John Horgan really a universal-daycare shilling sexist or was he simply utilizing the rules of engagement?
It含羞草研究社檚 the latter, in case you don含羞草研究社檛 know where I含羞草研究社檓 going with this.
Politicians are unpleasant during debates. They含羞草研究社檙e not making a case to be invited for dinner.
That含羞草研究社檚 where they含羞草研究社檙e supposed to be elbowing their way in and making a point, and we as observers take the theatrical with a grain of salt while we listen to where they stand on issues that affect our lives. As for how they conducted themselves, Horgan doesn含羞草研究社檛 have to like Clark. Clark doesn含羞草研究社檛 have to like Horgan. They含羞草研究社檙e opponents of equal skill fighting for different things.
Calling what happened during the debate sexism doesn含羞草研究社檛 forward the case for women含羞草研究社檚 equality. What it did was capitalize on these unfortunate themes for the sake of political gain and that makes me a little nauseated.
