Marissa Mayer's Vogue Pose

Women who look and act like women are more likely to be the object of sexual desires of men.  In the last few generations, these same men have been controlling the hiring/firing/promoting COC.  It has been, in a way, "easier" for women to side-step the BS if they eschew feminine things. 

BTW, what's up with the shoe choice for the shoot?  I don't pay attention to fashion too much (except I'm now enthralled my the man pouch panties), but those shoes scream bondage to me.  Seems like an interesting choice.

Just to muddy the waters a bit...

Sometimes a woman's ability to run a business is tied to her handbag--ok, maybe not her handbag, per se, but certainly her image.  Some of the top earning women in this country--Oprah and Martha Stewart come to mind first--have images that are very much their brand.  When your image is your brand and your brand is an inherent part of your company, it does in some way impact your ability to run a business.

I have friends in non-media based business who definitely work for companies that expect them to look and dress a very specific way, especially at the executive level. I'm not just talking about well-kempt and professional; I'm talking dressed at a whole different level.  A good friend of mine is a top executive for Sotheby's.  It is most certainly a part of her job to look and dress a particular way--a very feminine way, I might add--and costs her many thousands of dollars a year to do so.

Lots of women executives don't have to think about it much, but some do. It really depends on the kind of business they're running.

I would also say this is yet another arena where women get judged more critically than men.

Just to muddy the waters a bit...

Sometimes a woman's ability to run a business is tied to her handbag--ok, maybe not her handbag, per se, but certainly her image.  Some of the top earning women in this country--Oprah and Martha Stewart come to mind first--have images that are very much their brand.  When your image is your brand and your brand is an inherent part of your company, it does in some way impact your ability to run a business.

I have friends in non-media based business who definitely work for companies that expect them to look and dress a very specific way, especially at the executive level. I'm not just talking about well-kempt and professional; I'm talking dressed at a whole different level.  A good friend of mine is a top executive for Sotheby's.  It is most certainly a part of her job to look and dress a particular way--a very feminine way, I might add--and costs her many thousands of dollars a year to do so.

Lots of women executives don't have to think about it much, but some do. It really depends on the kind of business they're running.

I would also say this is yet another arena where women get judged more critically than men.

Completely agree. 

However, a man can own a handful of suits and 6-8 shirts, 15-20 ties, and a few good pairs of shoes and be well dressed for many years.  Women don't get off quite that easy I would guess--and I'm pulling this number outta thin air--that women outspend men 10:1 for professional attire.  We could argue for a long time on how much of that is "needed" (needed in quotes because it's a perceived need for the job, not a Maslow's need).

Women in business are also judged more harshly than men for size and age.

Doesn't free drinks at the bar cancel this out?!

Women who look and act like women are more likely to be the object of sexual desires of men.  In the last few generations, these same men have been controlling the hiring/firing/promoting COC.  It has been, in a way, "easier" for women to side-step the BS if they eschew feminine things. 

BTW, what's up with the shoe choice for the shoot?  I don't pay attention to fashion too much (except I'm now enthralled my the man pouch panties), but those shoes scream bondage to me.  Seems like an interesting choice.