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Jess (JESS): As a women in BD, you regularly get pitched for casual sex. This is a real problem. Here’s my experience and how I’ve coped 🧭 For the first 2 years, I wore my company t-shirt religiously like a military uniform. At a talk, during a pitch, or on the conference floor, you will never see me without it. It worked to a certain extend. As the message cannot be more clear - hi, I am here to work. HOWEVER - because I am Asian and we look young to the untrained eye, with my tech worker backpack, I was regularly passed over during BD events, or assumed to be someone unimportant at the company (I am the founder CEO). Once I even got ID-d. Another time hotel front desk flagged me when I walked in, trying to get valet parking - they must’ve thought I’m some confused high schooler who wondered in to the Ritz, where the event was held.
