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How to Be Successful without Hurting Men's Feelings

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Hilarious, yet a painfully accurate commentary on how to succeed with hurting men's feelings or damaging their ego. A must read for everyone. I have already referred it to three people, and I finished reading it about an hour ago.

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When I first got into the work world, the book we were all supposed to read was "Games your mother never taught you." Very good book. I would like to say it is a little dated, but some of those things still go on, and women have to adjust to them, unfortunately.

If you have every worked in a corporate office, and if you are a woman, you have run across the things that are being made fun of in this book. I worked in corporate offices for 10 years, in the 1990s. From the looks of this book, things have not changed much.

This book is pretending to tell women the right way to do things, so as not to upset their male co-workers, because, of course, we would not want to do that.

This example, below, is telling women how to dress for a job interview. As you can see, there is no perfect way to dress. :)

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This example, below, is showing how if a woman says it, it comes across differently than if a man says it. This was true then, and true now. I'm sure not all men and women feel this way, but I have seen enough of this stuff to find humor in how it is presented.
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This cartoon is self explanatory.
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And of course, mansplaining is touched on.
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And, the bonus tips about hot do deal with CEOs, vs toddlers.
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I quite enjoyed the humor that hit a little to close to home, in most of these instances, but makes for something to laugh at too.

Good gift for any working woman, and probably for men who understand, as well.

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Hilarious!!!!!! One of the best feminist books I've ever read. I'm sure every women can relate to these pages, and I hope men will think differently after reading it.

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