Supported by, always! Feminist women stick together. My friends are my rock
By Liz - 54 from Yorkshire
I work in quite a competitive industry but I have always felt support. I feel lucky to have a close set of friends and female contacts that have always been helpful and supportive. We cheer eachother up in the bad times and celebrate the good. Both usually involving chocolate and wine which is always good. As a performer, I know that it I'm ever in anything, that group of ladies will always be there in the audience and that is a lovely feeling.
By G Nicholson - 26 from London
Supported. I worked mainly with women, in a largely non competitive health service environment, and had a circle of friends who enjoyed each other’s company and helped each other at difficult times. E.g., when my father was terminally ill over a Christmas and New Year period, my colleagues organised themselves to take on my on-call duties so I could be with him – at a time when most of us do not want extra work.
By Thelma - 67 from Lincolnshire
I feel supported by my male and female peers. In academia and our generation especially of academics gender doesn't come into the equation. We all respect each other's hard work and new insights.
By Anon - 25 from London, United Kingdom
I feel supported by my male and female peers. In academia and our generation especially of academics gender doesn't come into the equation. We all respect each other's hard work and new insights.
By Anon - 25 from London, United Kingdom
Mostly supported by my female friends and peers. After I left my husband I was no longer invited by couples, but one conventional married friend, in an unexpected act of kindness, put a bed on a wheelbarrow and wheeled it to my house, as I didn't have much furniture.
By Janet Tyrrell - 72 from Cheshire
At work - in competition. I'm not competitive and entirely a team player. But most of my female colleagues seem to be on a quest to be the best. Among friends - supported. With do many talented friends in so many different disciplines they are an inspiration and truly supportive.
By Anon - 27 from Brighton
Supported by them. We chat, exchange useful work practices and information, generally try to help each other. I have worked in places where I didn't feel supported by female peers but that is not the case where I work now. Where I am now there are varying degrees of support, from strong complicity to friendly understanding. I don't feel any competition - but no doubt I'm lucky. I once worked in a school where there was competition and unpleasantness between female colleagues but it was linked to a question of differences in diplomas and statuses which made some people want to prove themselves over others. In fact, when I have encountered competition it has always been linked to situations where the women in question probably didn't feel they were getting due recognition for what they were doing, or were going to get recognition. It is very unpleasant!
By Elizabeth de Cacqueray - 64 from south-west France
Absolutely supported. My close female friends offer practical and emotional support through difficult times. This can be in terms of a quick text, offer of childcare, suggestion of something that might help whatever the "problem" is, or a longer chat and a shoulder to cry on. I couldn't be without them!
By Anon - 37 from Brighton
Absolutely supported. My close female friends offer practical and emotional support through difficult times. This can be in terms of a quick text, offer of childcare, suggestion of something that might help whatever the "problem" is, or a longer chat and a shoulder to cry on. I couldn't be without them!
By Anon - 37 from Brighton
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Drawing on the experiences of real women growing up in the UK over the last 100 years, we want to know, is life easier for women now, or do we face the same challenges as our mothers and grandmothers but in different guises?
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