• Freelance Attorney Platform
  • (949) 400-0798
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to footer

Montage Legal Group

  • About
  • Attorneys
  • Services
  • Blog
  • Press
  • Join Platform
  • Hire Freelance Attorneys

From BigLaw to Freelance Law™ Blog

Freelance attorneys modernizing legal practice.

Home Blog Uncategorized Women still reluctant to help each other?

Women still reluctant to help each other?

July 9, 2010

Recent MSN article, Women Still Reluctant to Help Each Other by Eve Tahmincioglu, states just that – that as a general rule, women are reluctant to help each other because of jealosy, self-preservation, and self-promotion. Tahmincioglu uses The Real Housewives of New York, and politicians entrenched in their campaigns as example of this seemingly unique female behavior. Oh really?

Let’s talk about women helping women, but let’s be real. In other words, let’s not use “The Real Housewives” of Anywhere as our example, because there’s nothing “real” about that show or the people on it. The point of reality TV, like most TV, is to entertain. A producer has no choice but to find the most outrageous, entertaining women possible to cast such a show. What other choice do they have? A bunch of scrapbooking soccer moms baking cookies is B-O-R-I-N-G TV. The same is true for many of the professional women who the media considers newsworthy – they’re entertaining, perhaps with caustic wit.

The reality is, most successful women have attitude, strength, confidence, and a voice because those are the qualities that led to their success. But most don’t use it to oppress other women. There are thousands of professional womens’ organizations dedicated to womens’ career advancement and empowerment – and they work. The National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), is a prime example. While it is true that successful women have little time to devote to a traditional mentor/mentee relationship, most have and will make at least some effort to help the women around them. It also may be true that there are toxic female relationships within companies, but we maintain that, in our experience, they are probably not as common as we’re led to believe in the media. At least we hope not.

Montage Legal Group supports women at all stages of their career paths. We encourage each attorney to find the right balance between career and life that works for them, and we’re here to do whatever we can to help!

“There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.” – Madeleine Albright

Filed Under: Uncategorized

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to receive blog updates via email.

For more information, please email us at [email protected] or call 949-400-0798 for immediate assistance.

Footer

Montage Legal Group

P.O. Box 14455
Irvine, CA 92623

Phone: (949) 400-0798

General Inquiries: [email protected]

To join our platform, email your resume to: [email protected]

For information about joining the Montage platform, please click here. Unfortunately, we cannot do informational phone calls.

Latest News

  • Different Kids, Different Needs: A Conversation About Using Child-Specific Parenting Techniques
  • Happy 2021
  • Do you actually need a full-time job? Try freelance legal work
  • Law Firm Growth During an Uncertain Legal Climate – Part 2: How to Ethically Use Freelance Lawyers & Referral Fees
  • Congratulations to the 2021 OCWLA Officers & Directors

Copyright © 2021 · Terms · Privacy

Legal Disclaimer: Montage Legal Group is not a law firm and does not provide legal representation to clients. Montage provides support solely to attorneys, not end clients. The attorneys affiliated with Montage Legal Group are independent sole practitioners and do not constitute a law firm among themselves. The information provided in this website should not be construed as legal advice. Transmission of information from this website is not intended to create, and its receipt does not constitute, an attorney-client relationship with Montage or any of its individual attorneys or personnel. Use of Montage's services does not establish an attorney-client relationship. Montage will protect the confidentiality of information, but information you provide to Montage may not be afforded legal protection as attorney-client communications. Montage expressly disclaims all liability in respect to actions taken or not taken based on any or all of the contents of this website.