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Women Lawyers Should Apparently Seek Advice From This Dominatrix To Get Ahead In Their Careers

Mistress Kasia will help you 'increase power, agency, and influence' in all areas of your life.

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‘Shut up. You think you’re my partner? You’ll give me my origination credit and you’ll like it.’

Women in the legal profession are sick and tired of being sexually harassed by their male colleagues and paid less than them to boot. Time may be up, but it’s taking too long for things to change. How can female lawyers take back their power?

According to the latest career advice for women, they can start by grabbing a whip.

Vivia Chen of The Careerist recently had a chat with Kasia Urbaniak, a New York-based dominatrix with 17 years of experience who has a “cult-like following” among professional women who seek to increase their own sense of empowerment.

Kasia’s mission is to teach women the lessons of the dungeons. “I train women to train men in their lives,” she explains, adding that women still have problems advocating for themselves. “They have significant jobs, but they can’t get their significant other to make coffee or get the sex they want,” she says. “And even if they’re ascending in their jobs, they’re stuck.” Too often, she says, “they’re not getting credit?” She sums up: “They suck at asking.”

Not getting credit, fear of asking, freezing at critical moments: All this has a familiar ring for female lawyers.

During a recent workshop held in New York called “Confronting Harvey,” Kasia explained what women can do when they want to speak up — but don’t — and how they can handle awkward situations, like indirect sexual propositions.

If you’re a woman in the legal profession and you think a dominatrix will be able to teach you how to “increase power, agency, and influence” then perhaps you ought to take a class at The Academy, where you can learn important skills like:

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  • How to ask for the unimaginable in a way that feels good and emerge as a leader in every area of your life.
  • How to enjoy playing powerfully when you hear “no” or face resistance, whether at work or at home.
  • How to powerfully navigate uncomfortable situations that often leave women speechless.
  • How to receive when you’re tired of overgiving.
  • How to navigate life’s most difficult conversations — from breakups to salary negotiations — with power and ease.

Who knows, perhaps with the help of a dominatrix, you may be able to overcome sexism to demand exactly what you want at your firm — and actually receive it.

Ladies, Get Out Your Whip [The Careerist / Law.com]

Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky has been an editor at Above the Law since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.

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