Comments on: AWARD announces Special Awards shortlist for the 44th AWARD Awards

By: Your ceiling is too high

Your ceiling is too high — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 09:53:29 +0000

CCO’s? What about ECD’s?

By: Glass ceiling

Glass ceiling — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 07:32:18 +0000

What percentage of Australian CCOs are women?

By: I think

I think — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 02:29:40 +0000

There is 100% paths that are open more easily to men. Much of this will be to do with bias – both conscious and unconscious – as has been pointed out.

It’s also important not to generalise. There are plenty of young men facing closed doors in ad land, because of who they are, what their background is. Trust me I know.

There are also plenty men in advertising that support women wholeheartedly with extra time, focus etc and don’t feel remotely like they ‘cant talk to them’.

By: truth

truth — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 02:27:53 +0000

OATH

By: @ outdated comments

@ outdated comments — Mon, 07 Aug 2023 00:06:52 +0000

Try harder to open your eyes bro

By: BC

BC — Sun, 06 Aug 2023 23:48:41 +0000

Above comments almost definitely from the old white men running the show. Laughable.

By: @outdated comments

@outdated comments — Sun, 06 Aug 2023 23:45:05 +0000

L O L. This was absolutely written by some crusty old male CD who pats himself on the back at night thinking that he fixed sexism because he hired a girl team that one time. The boys club is alive and well in agencies and now takes the form of men getting groomed to be creative stars by the male creative leaders, getting all the perks, help and support they need – and the female ‘diversity’ hires sit and rot doing the labour, taking the shit jobs off the men, begging their leaders endlessly for support because the male creative leaders are too scared to put in extra time with women because 1. they don’t know how to talk to them and 2. they really don’t believe they’re ‘actually good’, and this happens until they either, quit or push through the endless bullshit and by pure luck get something good up – and even then you can bet their male counterparts are still getting paid more then them. Why? Because agencies don’t bother fixing the problem if they’ve got women in the department, in fact they don’t even care about seeing the problem. If you bring it up they’ll just gaslight you, tell you you’re imagining it and give you immeasurable and vapid reasons as to why the men you work with are just simply better than you. And if you’re really lucky they’ll just tell you the industry is just unfair and it’s your job to succeed despite it. Why else do you think women are out sourcing mentorship with help from organisations like The Aunties? Why else do you think so many women are quitting advertising? I don’t know what’s in the air up there in Palm Beach or wherever your $3.5 million house is, but in the real world women are still fighting against the same old boys club bullshit they always have.

By: Outdated comments

Outdated comments — Sun, 06 Aug 2023 22:38:02 +0000

It’s 2023. Creative departments across the country have all but eradicated the old boys club culture. These awards recognise those who have made the best work this year and there are no barriers or bias in the way of women achieving this. All these lazy circa 2017 comments do is undermine the achievement of those shortlisted.

Try harder and better luck next year.

By: @voice of no reason

@voice of no reason — Sun, 06 Aug 2023 12:54:35 +0000

If you were on the Supreme Court you’d vote against affirmative action

By: Fantastic

Fantastic — Sun, 06 Aug 2023 10:28:42 +0000

Everyone wins a prize because there’s a category for everybody,
If there isn’t an award for you, then lobby for a category!

By: Unsurprised

Unsurprised — Sat, 05 Aug 2023 21:54:37 +0000

Creative departments will continue to be boys clubs until the leadership diversifies. In these atmospheres, men are the gatekeepers the ‘best’ ideas, opportunities and creative cultures. With a rare few exceptions, it’s only men that lead all creative departments across Oz.

By: Voice of reason

Voice of reason — Sat, 05 Aug 2023 05:23:17 +0000

There is absolutely no need to represent diversity in shortlists. Best ideas win.

By: Outrage

Outrage — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 22:03:43 +0000

No males on the CMO of the year either. The whole system needs an overhaul. Or just split out a separate male team of the year and female team of the year instead of just selecting, presumably, the best performing teams this year, regardless of which gender they identify with.

By: Diversity?

Diversity? — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 08:41:32 +0000

Is there a single woman on the shortlist for creative team of the year?

By: No female entries in Creative Team OTY

No female entries in Creative Team OTY — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 03:48:16 +0000

just observing