Unveiling the corporate babe
I am one of those people who feel I spend a lot of time in office. When an opportunity to change scenery presents itself, I usually grasp it greedily. One of those moments comes everyday in the form of a lunch break. I just love it.
By Ilonka Naziwa
WHAT LIES BENEATH
I am one of those people who feel I spend a lot of time in office. When an opportunity to change scenery presents itself, I usually grasp it greedily. One of those moments comes everyday in the form of a lunch break. I just love it.
On one of those afternoons with a couple of colleagues — a female (let us call her Cute) and a male, (we can call him SOTS — Son Of The Soil) strolled to a restaurant for lunch. Our talk drifted aimlessly as we had lunch.
We discussed healthy eating, work stress, babies, spouses. I cannot recall how, but our discussion then drifted to the female specie and her health, specifically female diseases like cervical/ovarian/breast cancer and fibroids.
SOTS was surprisingly a competent contributor. He eventually became the main contributor when he coined the term ‘Corporate Babes’.
The term was not new, but the way it rolled off SOTS’ tongue made me want to hear his version of the term. He said a typical Corporate Babe parties and works hard, has many male (intimate) partners, sometimes simultaneously, long-term commitment takes a backseat to her career and friends.
According to SOTS, the Corporate Babe is more prone to female specific diseases mainly because of her ever changing partners, her increased alcohol and cigarrette consumption and delayed child bearing.
And with that simple narrative, SOTS acted as creator (created Corporate Babe) and judge (damning his creation). But the awe of the Corporate Babe was apparent.
Yes, Corporate Babes are those single ladies with a good education, gainfully employed, work and party hard, they may be closing in on a world that used to belong more to the male specie, but have not lost their feminine intuition to look fine.
Yes, whether tactfully or not, SOTS forgot to mention that the Corporate Babe was a fine creature; she takes good care of herself and therein I believe lies the source of her awe.
Corporate babes have a whole new culture going on. Their lingo is complex and includes terms like pedicure, manicure, wax, girl’s night out, atkin’s, makari, MAC, morning after, diva. A corporate babe makes her own rules and dances to her own tune.
Her worldliness, her confidence have made something of a phenomenon because until recently, her prowess was something she wore under wraps.
Even though SOTS was gentle in his judgment of this female specie, I have since heard schools of thought that are not lenient in their perception of the Corporate babe.
They claim the Corporate Babe is a disgrace because she is too liberal, sexy, provocative, outspoken, vain and does not have enough ‘domesticity or religion’. She is not demure or polished enough.
Both men (who admire but do not understand her), and women (many of whom have never walked in her shoes) judge her.
Yes, I believe she is grossly misunderstood. At the end of the day, the Corporate Babe is just a girl like everyone else who needs to be recognised and loved.
She is the bi-product of educating the girl child of affirmative action, of all those drives that society has adopted to improve the well being of humanity.
This is by no means supports all the ‘sins’ of the Corporate Babe, but they are not so different from the wiles of ‘Corporate Dude’ who has been at the game longer.
If there is a problem, the root should be attacked, not the branch.
I maintain, the Corporate Babe is fully capable of domesticity, a fulfilling partnership and superb motherhood.
As for the feminine specific illnesses, Corporate Babes do the tests, take the precautions, forgive, believe, live healthy, sleep, laugh and love.
Do not forsake the advice of those who have gone before. They may not have been corporate, but life lessons do not change much across generations.
WHAT LIES BENEATH
I am one of those people who feel I spend a lot of time in office. When an opportunity to change scenery presents itself, I usually grasp it greedily. One of those moments comes everyday in the form of a lunch break. I just love it.
On one of those afternoons with a couple of colleagues — a female (let us call her Cute) and a male, (we can call him SOTS — Son Of The Soil) strolled to a restaurant for lunch. Our talk drifted aimlessly as we had lunch.
We discussed healthy eating, work stress, babies, spouses. I cannot recall how, but our discussion then drifted to the female specie and her health, specifically female diseases like cervical/ovarian/breast cancer and fibroids.
SOTS was surprisingly a competent contributor. He eventually became the main contributor when he coined the term ‘Corporate Babes’.
The term was not new, but the way it rolled off SOTS’ tongue made me want to hear his version of the term. He said a typical Corporate Babe parties and works hard, has many male (intimate) partners, sometimes simultaneously, long-term commitment takes a backseat to her career and friends.
According to SOTS, the Corporate Babe is more prone to female specific diseases mainly because of her ever changing partners, her increased alcohol and cigarrette consumption and delayed child bearing.
And with that simple narrative, SOTS acted as creator (created Corporate Babe) and judge (damning his creation). But the awe of the Corporate Babe was apparent.
Yes, Corporate Babes are those single ladies with a good education, gainfully employed, work and party hard, they may be closing in on a world that used to belong more to the male specie, but have not lost their feminine intuition to look fine.
Yes, whether tactfully or not, SOTS forgot to mention that the Corporate Babe was a fine creature; she takes good care of herself and therein I believe lies the source of her awe.
Corporate babes have a whole new culture going on. Their lingo is complex and includes terms like pedicure, manicure, wax, girl’s night out, atkin’s, makari, MAC, morning after, diva. A corporate babe makes her own rules and dances to her own tune.
Her worldliness, her confidence have made something of a phenomenon because until recently, her prowess was something she wore under wraps.
Even though SOTS was gentle in his judgment of this female specie, I have since heard schools of thought that are not lenient in their perception of the Corporate babe.
They claim the Corporate Babe is a disgrace because she is too liberal, sexy, provocative, outspoken, vain and does not have enough ‘domesticity or religion’. She is not demure or polished enough.
Both men (who admire but do not understand her), and women (many of whom have never walked in her shoes) judge her.
Yes, I believe she is grossly misunderstood. At the end of the day, the Corporate Babe is just a girl like everyone else who needs to be recognised and loved.
She is the bi-product of educating the girl child of affirmative action, of all those drives that society has adopted to improve the well being of humanity.
This is by no means supports all the ‘sins’ of the Corporate Babe, but they are not so different from the wiles of ‘Corporate Dude’ who has been at the game longer.
If there is a problem, the root should be attacked, not the branch.
I maintain, the Corporate Babe is fully capable of domesticity, a fulfilling partnership and superb motherhood.
As for the feminine specific illnesses, Corporate Babes do the tests, take the precautions, forgive, believe, live healthy, sleep, laugh and love.
Do not forsake the advice of those who have gone before. They may not have been corporate, but life lessons do not change much across generations.