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The women who wrote that Newsweek article about sexism at Newsweek, which is getting a lot of pub, have started a blog. Which is awesome. It seems to be aiming to be kind of a feminism-101 thing going on over there, which is great, because a lot of feminists simply don't have the patience for that shit. I certainly don't. But come on, even if you're doing 101 stuff and not getting into deep analysis, you've gotta be accurate, people. From this piece on Sexuality at work, comes this bizarre quote:

On the other [hand], any subsequent promotions or success will be poisoned by self-doubt: was it because I deserved it or because my boss likes the way I look?

Once upon a time, working women hid all semblance of feminine attractiveness for purely this reason. But as young women, we balk at having to subvert our sexuality. Which is fine when we’re roaming the halls of the high school cafeteria, or out at happy hour, but when we’re hunched over our cubicles in a male-dominated workplace, its easy to spin into a paralyzing cycle of self-doubt.

Huh? When was the time that women in the workplace "hid all semblance of feminine attractiveness"? I don't even know how that's possible, since widespread rejection of grooming and beauty rituals isn't even happening now, much less in some halcyon back-in-the-day.

Also relevant: Jill at I Blame the Patriarchy:

Fear of retribution (ridicule, ostracism, harassment, abuse in the workplace) — and by extension, guilt and the imperative of self-sacrifice — is why the overwhelming majority of Vagina-Americans own mirrors and buy carcinogenic products that supposedly make them “shiny,” “radiant,” “glowing,” “pouty,” “smoky,” or “baby-fresh.” Fear of retribution is why even those women who identify as feminists cling with Revlon-coated claws to the “right” that us man-hating feminazis would take away from them: the right to be pretty (or sexy or fuckable).

She goes on to some conclusions that are certainly controversial, but that paragraph is pretty much spot-on.