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Yeah, I read that too, rf, but there is a blog. I guess it is interesting, but I’ll read it another time when I am not so tired and cranky. There are some seriously stupid French women commenting though. (But a few cool ones, like one who lives in Brooklyn).
At I.M.F., Men on Prowl and Women on Guard
By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
WASHINGTON — It is an international island in the midst of the American capital, a sharp-elbowed place ruled by alpha male economists. The days are long, and employees are regularly pressed together for weeks on end during overseas “missions.†It is a climate in which romances often flourish — and lines are sometimes crossed.
Some women avoid wearing skirts for fear of attracting unwanted attention. Others trade whispered tips about overly forward bosses. A 2008 internal review found few restraints on the conduct of senior managers, concluding that “the absence of public ethics scandals seems to be more a consequence of luck than good planning and action.â€
Interviews and documents paint a picture of the fund as an institution whose sexual norms and customs are markedly different from those of Washington, leaving its female employees vulnerable to harassment. The laws of the United States do not apply inside its walls, and until earlier this month the I.M.F.’s own rules contained an unusual provision that some experts and former officials say has encouraged managers to pursue the women who work for them: “Intimate personal relationships between supervisors and subordinates do not, in themselves, constitute harassment.â€
“It’s sort of like ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’; the rules are more like guidelines,†said Carmen M. Reinhart, a prominent female economist who served as the I.M.F.’s deputy director for research from 2001 to 2003. “That sets the stage, I think, for more risk-taking.â€
Yeah, I read that too, rf, but there is a blog. I guess it is interesting, but I’ll read it another time when I am not so tired and cranky. There are some seriously stupid French women commenting though. (But a few cool ones, like one who lives in Brooklyn).
http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/05/18/are-french-women-more-tolerant
At I.M.F., Men on Prowl and Women on Guard
By BINYAMIN APPELBAUM and SHERYL GAY STOLBERG
WASHINGTON — It is an international island in the midst of the American capital, a sharp-elbowed place ruled by alpha male economists. The days are long, and employees are regularly pressed together for weeks on end during overseas “missions.†It is a climate in which romances often flourish — and lines are sometimes crossed.
Some women avoid wearing skirts for fear of attracting unwanted attention. Others trade whispered tips about overly forward bosses. A 2008 internal review found few restraints on the conduct of senior managers, concluding that “the absence of public ethics scandals seems to be more a consequence of luck than good planning and action.â€
Interviews and documents paint a picture of the fund as an institution whose sexual norms and customs are markedly different from those of Washington, leaving its female employees vulnerable to harassment. The laws of the United States do not apply inside its walls, and until earlier this month the I.M.F.’s own rules contained an unusual provision that some experts and former officials say has encouraged managers to pursue the women who work for them: “Intimate personal relationships between supervisors and subordinates do not, in themselves, constitute harassment.â€
“It’s sort of like ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’; the rules are more like guidelines,†said Carmen M. Reinhart, a prominent female economist who served as the I.M.F.’s deputy director for research from 2001 to 2003. “That sets the stage, I think, for more risk-taking.â€
complete article:
nytimes.com/2011/05/20/business/20fund.html?ref=nyregion&pagewanted=all
I am reading this blog on the NY Times website and it is seriously pissing me off.
Are French Women More Tolerant?
The Strauss-Kahn scandal stirs a larger debate on French society’s attitudes toward sexual misconduct by powerful men.
I actually should probably just go home since I am on the verge of hallucinating from being exhausted. No more of this nightlife.
I’ve got the 10% to buy all those 90% off brownstones in BoCoCa + BK Heights tomorrow. I might even be able to close all-cash on some of them.
It’s May 21 in Asia now.
Any reports of the world having ended over there?
Canarsie is in southeastern Brooklyn!
It is between Wantagh and Massapequa in southeastern Nassau County. I knew there was someone here from that area (DH).
I was thinking of calling my atheist post-rapture pet sitting company ‘Their Eyes were Watching Dog.’
Never heard of Seaford. Is it close to Canarsie? If so I may be able to help.