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As if it's not enough that women earn less than men in similar positions, it now has come to light that working with women -- whether you are male or female -- is perceived in the corporate world as being infected with a terrible disease! How? Well, a research done over the course of nine years by a female professor at Arizona State University West proved that anyone who works with women is at a great disadvantage and will suffer painful financial consequences.

Actually: the more women you work with, the less you will earn on an annual basis! That means that the person who has a female supervisor, female subordinates, and female colleagues, is finished! And, yes, we're talking about tens of thousands of dollars disadvantage for the worst cases.

"Well, well, well," I thought to myself, "So that's how the brotherhood of men discourages companies from hiring females." Logical: if you hire women in your team, you'll feel it in your pocket. Who wants that? I mean: even the most altruistic soul who has a family to take care of cannot be expected to be that greathearted.

Now, am I wrong to be aggravated about the contents of this article that I read yesterday in the local newspaper? Or was I just ridiculously naive before reading it? Isn't it commonsensical that women increasingly find their way into the entrepreneurial section of the workforce, since they realize that they will barely make it otherwise?

One can wonder what the real philosophy is behind this corporate attitude, especially because every CEO, founder, legal or governmental authority has a mother! One can also wonder where and how this outrageous policy of degrading women, solely because they were born in that sexual category, originated.

And one can finally wonder if our hypocritical approach of killing women's dignity is any better than the condemned historical -- and hopefully now discontinued -- Chinese policy of murdering female babies! At least they were blunt in China about their aversion toward women, as they finished them off before these females could grow up to find themselves perceived as an untreatable disease!

Amazing is what I call the fact that humanity, in spite of a so-called high level of civilization, cannot seem to rise above prejudices as simple as race, color, and gender: even today, where the call for meaning at work and quality of life seems unstoppable.

I once read a statement that I cannot literally recall, but that had contents in the spirit of "It's easy to feel good about yourself and motivate others when you are not born with the wrong color." And you can expand that with the wrong sex, the wrong race, or what not. Sadly enough it's not difficult at all to determine what society perceives as right and wrong.

So here, as a conclusion to a less upbeat article than usual, is a word of courage offered to all those who find themselves maneuvered in a vulnerable position, simply because of what they were born to be or who they chose to surround themselves with.

I think it's good to know your perceived disadvantages, and to realize that the secret to survival lies in your mind-set: Every disadvantage can actually be seen as an advantage because it forces you to work up a firmer backbone, a sterner approach toward your performance, and a stronger willpower to reach your goals no matter what.

People who are confronted with a combination of societal disadvantages (wrong sex plus wrong color plus wrong race) may definitely pride themselves in knowing that when they make it, they will have themselves to thank in the first place. Here's to attitude!

Joan Marques, holds an MBA, is a doctoral candidate in Organizational Leadership, and a university instructor in Business and Management in Burbank, California. You may visit her web site at JoanMarques.com, Spirit Counts.

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