"Being pretty as a lady can maybe get you in the meeting, but it won't keep you there"

Kaydee Mashile was on our show today, talking about gender problems she faced. Kaydee is a poet and also the founder of a social media consulting agency.

She said she encountered a lot of problems setting up her businesses and ideas. Many of the top jobs are still male dominated, but she tries to neglect it and go for her own ideas and doesn't mind speaking out at meetings.

On our show, Kaydee spoke that she used her male contacts before to get her into spaces. "It might be weird to admit but I also used my male contacts, because that is sometimes the only way to get a place at the meeting table". She also spoke about the fact that being pretty as a lady could get you into business faster, but that it won't keep you there. Because the brains and qualifications are all that matter in the end. Sadly, as a woman, you are still taken less seriously.

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Text and pictures by: Dries Hiroux