When bankers say, "The candidate lacks gravitas," they actually mean, "She is not a man, or he is not 'one of us.'" Gravitas is actually the respect that someone is given, making the term easy to use as code for "only Harvard educated white men need apply."
Frankly, I have great respect for a woman who has become a member of the Federal Reserve Board. The glass ceiling in banking seems to be a steel reinforced ceiling.
If you think a woman used to debating other members of the FRB cannot also testify in front of Congress, you are wrong.
Recently I was reminded of why I am blogging. I want every person to be able to do anything their talent and education allows them to do. I do not want ANYONE to be told that they can not do something JUST because they are a woman, or because they are purple or old or fat or short or ugly or disabled.
However, men are going to have to accept the fact that they can not gestate a baby. %<)
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