I’ve got a challenge for you!
You have written about Virtual Assistance and Virtual Assistants for almost 10 years now. The trend has been to constantly take the angle that we’re a bunch of mommies vacuously changing diapers while dabbling on the side pathetically grubbing for any scrap change we can.
I know why you take this road—because women and moms are a huge demographic with the most buying power, the biggest force to be reckoned with in the marketplace.
But I’ve got news for you–I’m a mom, and I and the vast majority of my colleagues are insulted by this constant portrayal. Us moms (and dads) in the Virtual Assistance profession want to give you something else to chew on!
Being a mom (or dad) is the hardest, most important job there is. But being a mom or dad doesn’t sum up the whole of our being, and reducing us to only that one particular circumstance of our lives is not only demeaning, it’s inaccurate.
Yes, there are those who do dabble in our work for side money—but those are telecommuters, NOT Virtual Assistants.
Virtual Assistance is a skilled profession that requires many years of real world experience and skills development. Virtual Assistants are bold, empowered, entrepreneurial women and men who offer the world and our families much more than some chump change on the side!
We are tenacious, fiercely determined business women and men, taking charge of our own futures and fortunes. We make our own way in the world. We are masters of ingenuity and innovation. We are scrappy independents who embody the spirit this country was forged upon, and if trends are any indication, where the future of this country lies.
Why not start reporting on that for a change?
Thanks for commenting. Yeah, the virtual assistant term is really completely idiotic to...
