Women have to appropriate the language of men to get on in the world.
You know when you're sitting at work, and you get this email come through from a female colleague. I can guarantee it would look something like this.
"I'm just emailing you to ask if you could do (insert office related odd-job here) for me please. I'm very sorry for springing this up at you on the last minute but I got caught up (insert second office related odd-job here). I hope that's OK with you. That would be very helpful."
Do you see the problem? Here it is again, only this time I've underlined the issue.
"I'm just emailing you to ask if you could do (insert office related odd-job here) for me please. I'm very sorry for springing this up at you on the last minute but I got caught up (insert second office related odd-job here). I hope that's OK with you. That would be very helpful."
Do you see it now?? The way that women talk comes off as overly apologetic, passive, over the top and flat-out FAKE!!
