Via-gra, Via-gra – - Fiorina Says the “V” Word
July 8, 2008 by Bridget Wright
Filed under Business
I’m (almost) never at a loss for words, but if I had been in this audience with Carly Fiorina as the speaker, I most certainly would have gasped for air. Mrs. (or Ms.?) Fiorina gave this speech to a McCain audience, outlining her reasons why she thinks she would be a great running mate for McCain. In addition to her pointed words, she also pointed out how unfair it is that some health insurance plans won’t cover some birth control methods but WILL cover Viagra. Hmmm. Good point. (excuse the pun)
Carly has a very strong and aggresive demeanor about her. I suspect that her direct and frank nature is the very reason she was such a powerful force with Hewlett-Packard and even now considered as being a running mate for McCain.
But, is being outspoken and direct really ok for women? I mean, is it really necessary? Watch your answer now because last week, James got his **unmentionables** all in a wad over our discussion on women and the things they say. But then again, Fiorina did talk about Viagra, so maybe he won’t mind, right?
What do you think?
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Does gender matter with being ‘direct and frank’? If it does, we’ve not made that much progress.
Being ‘direct and frank’ means you better be on target with your audience. Given Ms. Fiorina’s results with HP the issue didn’t seem to be her ‘direct and frank’ communication style as the content of her ‘direct and frank’ nature.
And while her comment about funds for viagra but not birth control is refreshing in its clarity and accuracy, given her leader’s stands on women’s reproductive rights they’ll ultimately be…pandering at best, meaningless ultimately.
I would argue that everyone should be direct. Whether outspoken is a positive or negative adjective varies from person to person, but direct is always good. See http://tinyurl.com/586nrt