Obviously you been to Algeria, Wisdom? Glad it works for you. My dearie, finds using babelfish translation software for some German, works only partially..he still has to consult his dictionary.
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Dotsie: I have to apologize that I have NEVER looked at the "Our Voices" stories thread section until today. And I've been on the forums over 2 yrs. realize that there could some personal stories to offer up.

But this anonymity thing is a bother. I know employers and other professionals check people up in google. So easy. So something to think about later. Since I've been giving fragment stories everywhere but..that particular section.
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Getting back to diversity, other non-posting women or other women out in the big world: I think this story illustrates the 2 separate worlds of women the best. This forum is missing alot of more different voices. And it's probably related to social class perceptions, inhibitions, differences in style of how we communicate with one another (even if it's all in English). THe title is abit deceiving:

http://www.boomerwomenspeak.com/display_stories.php?item_id=1062
It expresses best what I've been saying all along.
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And something I wrote some time ago. It is written from a perspective of career climbing/expansion. Everything I have said here in these forums over the years, is partially expressed in this article. I do believe it is possible to carry values into the workplace, but it can be tough. It requires understanding the language when sitting down at a business meeting with predominantly men for some of the employers I've worked for. Even understanding the workplace culture and becoming skilled in navigating one's way without losing one's true essence. It's been a long journey. It's not over.

It does have relevance in a way to this whole discussion on social networking in homogenous vs. heterogenous groups.
http://www.aallnet.org/caucus/aallc/Newsletter/news020.html#networking