November 16, 2021 After the newly elected board members took their place, Katie Claeys opens the first board report with the new board members claiming “It is disappointing to me that we don’t have any women in board leadership.” Currently 5 of the…
November 16, 2021 After the newly elected board members took their place, Katie Claeys opens the first board report with the new board members claiming “It is disappointing to me that we don’t have any women in board leadership.” Currently 5 of the 7 board members are women (that is a clear majority) and the two leadership positions president and vice president are elected by the board members (most of which are women). Amy Tagliareni, who as a result of the election no longer fills in for the president with the gavel, continues to back Katy’s statement by claiming “A lot of what Katie just said... about the misogyny of 7 board members 5 of them women and no women in board leadership.” Several will interpret these statements as overt sexism and blatant misandry on the part of both Katie Claeys and Amy Tagliareni.
The real irony here is that according to what Amy & Katie were saying, it took the votes of women to nominate those leadership positions. If what Katie & Amy are saying is true, then it took misogynist women nominate the president and vice president. That doesn’t seem very likely or seem to make a whole lot of sense, but whatever. Regardless, later on Trent Murphy apologizes for his Y Chromosome.
One may begin to question, why behavior like this is acceptable while the reverse is not. Had it been said “It is disappointing to me that we don’t have any men in board leadership” when there were 5 men on the board (that determine who is in leadership) and 2 women in leadership, several feminists would have been crying misogyny for anyone who complained that women were in leadership. Several are beginning to wonder at what point do we call out the double standard and hypocrisy here. This sort of behavior is highly unprofessional, creates divide, and is inappropriate for any professional environment.
This sort of behavior is highly offensive and is the exact opposite of Amy’s “diversity of thought.” This behavior is an attempt to smother "diversity of thought."
