When the Duchess of Sussex’s birthday video and 40X40 call for mentorship came out, I honestly just sat here and enjoyed it and thought “well, that’s a cute way to handle your birthday.” It was all very on-brand for Meghan and I don’t mean that in an insulting way at all. Meghan’s brand is all about putting projects together, calls to action, female empowerment, women lifting up other women, etc. Yes, the brand is glossy and full of celebrities too. And all of that irritates the saltines. The fact that Meghan is glossy, glowing, rich, happy, free and competent. Sarah Vine did a Daily Mail column about Meghan’s video – as if she has some kind of say over Meghan’s brand management – and Vine basically declared it posh, sugary and fake. That’s all these people have got. They had hours to put together a cohesive argument for why Meghan’s 40X40 project is bad and all they’ve got is “the video was sugary!” They’re also trying to argue that the project is bad because… there isn’t enough structure?
Meghan Markle and her mentors ‘could do more harm than good’ with a new initiative to help women get back to work after the pandemic, the founder of a website helping new mothers get jobs has warned. The Duchess of Sussex needs to ensure her team is made up of the right advisers because the wrong one can ‘destroy’ their clients’ self-belief, Hannah Martin from the Talented Ladies Club said.
Ms Martin, who is a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Women and Enterprise, also blasted the scheme as ‘a little like a publicity stunt’ with ‘no structure or advice for how anyone can participate’.
The Duchess and participants in the scheme were warned they need to be careful when acting as mentors. Ms Martin, who has been inspiring and empowering mothers to work through her website since 2013, told MailOnline: ‘In principle it’s a great idea. Mentorship can be incredibly powerful, especially if your confidence has been knocked. The right person offering you tailored advice and encouragement will make an enormous difference. However, the key words here are ”right person”. The wrong words or poor advice can do more harm than good – however well meaning they may be. I’ve spoken to women whose self-belief has been destroyed through working with the wrong mentor.’
‘It’s such an important area that the All Party Parliamentary Group I am a member of, Women and Enterprise, have spent nearly 18 months researching best practice for coaching and mentoring women, with a view to producing recommended guidelines that will protect women. I’m sad to say that this also feels a little like a publicity stunt to me. On the face of it it’s a great gesture, but beyond galvanising 40 of her friends to offer their time, there’s no structure or advice for how anyone can actually participate.
‘If Meghan is genuinely passionate about helping two million women back to work, it would be good to see more insights shared on what specific problems these women face, and proposed, concrete solutions that are followed through with on-the-ground action from the right people. That really would be something to celebrate.’
Don’t you see? It’s the typical argument of: how dare she say anything, how dare she be rich and happy, how dare she make a cute video, how dare she care about empowering and mentoring women, how dare she not do this a different way, how dare she not mentor people in the right way, mentors destroy lives! For the love of God. If you don’t want to mentor someone, don’t. If you want to be mentored, seek out a mentor. This is literally all they can say about Meghan at this point – they aren’t even trying to be cool about it. They just go completely overboard every time Meghan and Harry do anything. They’ve punched themselves out to the point where no one even cares, and everyone clowns on these “commentators” for their overreactions.
Photos courtesy of Archewell.
This is so ridiculous that the title of the post just speaks for itself (with the lol)
Side note: Ever since the real trouble with the royal family began, Meghan started wearing her engagement ring first and then her royal Welsh gold wedding band. Since immediately after her wedding she was wearing it the traditional way (the other way around), I feel like it’s intentional: the ring Harry himself gave her indicates their bond more than the “royal” wedding ring even though the wedding ring itself is special too, I’m sure.
Of course I could be wrong but I just feel like this might be the case, since she reversed how she wore them.
So the morale of the Daily Fail story is that “if you help people, it will do more harm than good, so don’t bother”.
How much did they pay Ms Martin the member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Women and Enterprise to be their shill or is this her attempt at a publicity stunt for her company?
Also the ring thing is interesting. I never noticed that before.
“She didn’t take 10 years to think about that short video, it’s going to KILL PEOPLE!!! And did you see Harry outside the window? Does she even let him live in the house, or does sleep in the chicken coop? Harry sleeps in the CHICKEN COOP!!!”
Well is is the Chick-Inn…
“If Harry wants to come back to the UK and sleep in a real princely bed again we would accept him with open arms. He just needs to leave that bossy, tyrant of a woman and those two small people he is rooming with in California. We will forget this ever happened.”
Ok I know that this is their underlying message and so it is absolutely awful but I can’t help laughing at “those two small people he is rooming with”. That really is how they see it!
they have no idea how BAD it would look if Harry ABANDONED his children. The royals and their flacks are a bunch of morons.
“Those two small people”… I don’t think people is what they really call them in their pea brains. I’m positive there are many other words (that I refuse to even write down because they disgust me, but you can use your imagination to fill in the blanks) that people who think like this would have in mind.
i think it’s too bad Kateeee Keen didnt participate. it’s a shame she’s on vacation and couldnt make it. She would have been perfect mentoring on photography, public speaking, how to water a plant, dressing up as Diana or maybe “i suppose” mentoring mothers on early years to which she doesnt know the answer to the 5 questions herself because her research isnt completed yet. she’s only at the 2 part pie chart analysis at this point. Seriously her participaation would have been a great for her wannabe peacemaking image.
Well, it asks for 40 minutes of work, so… I don’t think Kate would be keen on it.
So taking years to do something that can be organized in a month or less is a grand posh British tradition? First Waity Katy and the 10 year non-study with 5 questions, now the All Parliamentary Blah Blah Blah lady.
Just say you’re lazy and too timid to act and keep it moving.
Perhaps it is from the perspective of sexists who don’t like women uplifting other women.
And men are not included as mentors? Nor are they getting mentoring?
I would like every lady in here to think about her female colleagues and female bosses and from how many of them would you like to get mentoring?
I think the world has centered men enough. The resources are out there for them. Not so much for women. Especially women who overwhelmingly lost the majority of jobs during the pandemic.
Yes they are for starters. And second of all, there might be male bosses/colleagues that people here don’t want to be mentored by/get mentoring for just as much as female bosses/colleagues. So I don’t really understand what this post is trying to say/achieve.
This is such a weird sexist comment. Why are you assuming that the people in this post work with women so incompetent they wouldn’t want to be mentored by them? Ive had some great male bosses(and some horrific ones) but there can be a huge difference when you have a good female boss because they understand the challenges you are up against in the workplace and have good advice on how to navigate it.
Also there were multiple high profile men as part of this including Meghan’s friends Missan and Daniel, NBA star Steph Curry, and British Vogue’s Edward Enninful who stupidly leaked the intiative on ig a couple hours before it was launched. (He immediately deleted the post but some people saw it; he was amazingly the only person who spoiled it)
This woman is screaming why didn’t Meghan call me to be part of this initiative. Part of the saltiness from these people is that she’s not reaching out to them and she doesn’t seem to want their approval. They are very upset about being excluded by Meghan. The British press repeated say that Meghan doesn’t seem to be interested in the UK. This what hurts them the most.
This person actually has something to offer also— they could have instead of tearing Meghan down, offered some advice/solid techniques on mentoring and pitfalls to avoid. But apparently their mentorship advice is to… gatekeep on the “right” way to mentor.
Right? That really stood out to me too. I’m sure well-intentioned people don’t always help as much as they think, but really. She could’ve given tips on the “Right” way to do it and then plugged her organization. Instead she encourages people to do nothing, to avoid making a mistake.
This. It’s the gatekeeping of it all. If they weren’t so stupid and bitter, she would have recognized that this is great chance to coattail and get a little shine for her organization. It’s a pretty basic PR move and she missed it. Dumb a–.
OR, if she really think its a good idea as she said, but a stunt….why doesn’t she offer her expertise in the UK, in the name of Meghan’s project. Meghan isn’t limiting her mentorship project to the US alone, it is world wide(see all the international names on the list who signed up). But then that would defeat the purpose of the article. To pick apart and denigrate anything Meghan Markle says or does.
@MACKO you’re right it’s definitely not just a US offering as one of the official partners is Meghan’s patronage Smartworks which is based in the UK. The 40×40 on Archewell links to Smartworks as well as the other partners LA Works and YWCA.
Like all the other nasty racist haters in saltine isle, this b…. opened her yap and made a complete and utter, cringeworthy fool of herself. This was such an obvious pay-for-play exchange…….she got a few mentions of her failed biz for the chance to do dailyFail’s bidding of slagging off M. Did she even LOOK at archewell for the full and complete package of information on this initiative, including a downloadable pdf giving a step-by-step guide to anyone who wants to participate? IN ADDITION, the 40 women, men and organizations who M specifically invited to be part of the project, have all incorporated this initiative into their own package offerings.
This initiative is not going to end after this rollout!
I sincerely despise nasty brits who sell themselves to the nasty brit media all in their failed, foolhardy attempt to try to destroy one single human being.
Love how they call it a scheme. It’s actually embarrassing for Sara Vine and Camilla Tominey and others because they come across as such bitter and hateful humans. Guess they don’t care bc they’re getting paid but dang. How mortifying.
Also, if Kate did this, can you imagine the praise? The scheme would turn into the twinkling jewel that saves the monarchy.
That’s just a standard UK term for plan or initiative; it doesn’t have the negative connotations that we Americans ascribe to the word. Britishers: please correct me if I’m wrong!
I noticed they do this on purpose. Use a term with slightly different connotations that has a negative shade on the side of the ” colonizers”. It gives them when call out, an out that is also passive agressive insult- ” Sorry, this just means so and so, you know, the proper use of the word as it was intended.)
That is true, BeanieBean. UK agencies and foundations have grant schemes rather than grant programs. I doubt that term would be used if the connotation was negative. Example: https://www.grantscheme.uk/default.asp
EXACTLY!!!!!
They have absolutely nothing on her. The simple fact that they feel the need to tear her apart for this speaks volumes about their character and the fact that they can no longer control her narrative.
Also came to say, look at Harry outside the window! Lol!
I loved that he was clowning around, juggling outside. I wonder if it’s a dig at those haters acting like he’s some idiotic buffoon Meg controls.
maybe it’s Harry’s way of shading TOB, who has been known to juggle… other things in his life.
Oh ffs. Sarah wants to do a really deep dive about mentoring, has she ever had the deeper questions about The Early Years project?
Oh, but the “right” person started that. And there’s a foundation or think tank or office or cloak room down the hall that has some file folders in it.
But that Early Years project had a pie chart! Where is Meghan’s pie chart? Did Meghan even do a pie chart? I rest my case! Sarah Vine today, probably. Can’t wait for that story about Vines husband to break, then she’ll have something to witter on about.
Sarah Vine: “She also wasn’t wearing buttons while presenting her idea! Where are the buttons!? You need buttons to make an initiative work! Kate, now she always has buttons. The best buttons. So many buttons. That’s why she’s FFQ and what’s his face is lucky to have her as a wife, while poor Harry has to juggle outside. He wouldn’t have to juggle outside if Meg had buttons! Where are the bloody buttons!!”
Wow just wow. I really hope people see through that.
Also bs on the it could cause more harm then good… they’ve twisted themselves into a pretzel to basically try and encourage people to not do it so it’s less successful. I hope more people sign up! I hope this is a huge movement that lasts months.
We knew the “more harm than good” stories would be coming out. They hate the idea of Meghan helping people so much they would rather people just not get help.
I lurk on a forum of salty racist Karens who are incensed about the 40×40 initiative. It was hilarious checking in through the day yesterday because they kept moving the goal posts as more information came out. “It’s only actresses!” “She should do something with Smartworks!” and so on. Then the performative outrage started. Also apparently the initiative is only for attractive people because of being encouraged to share about it on Instagram. They tell on themselves so much about how low their self-esteem is and how resentful they feel that Meghan has more than they do.
I’m a Chicana and WOC, and the forums I’m on are ultra-excited about 40×40. Not only is there excitement, but enthusiasm, with many WOC writing to tell about volunteer opportunities for those who want to participate: story time at the public library, tutoring opportunities in the local schools, Meals on Wheels, Casa Maria (a Dorothy Day-affiliated soup kitchen popular in my neck of the woods), etc., etc. Meghan has done a lovely job of bringing folks together in solidarity and a spirit of giving.
It’s 40 minutes of mentoring. Not a survey of 5 questions taken from college textbooks! It doesn’t need 8 years, and it’s absolutely not going to harm anyone.
These people are lower than low. Even an Australian TV reporter said they “lost the plot” (😅) and wanted to know “why doesn’t she talk normally?” (🤣🤣🤣🤣)
These people all need rabies shots. They’re foaming at the mouth insane.
Talk normally? What? LOl. I guess when you are used to Kate’s mumbling and not stringing a single sentence together you WOULD have a hard time undertaking Meghan.
And it’s an advertisement, basically. Nobody “talks normally” in those.
I think they were referring to her vocabulary, but I have no problem understanding her and I don’t think anyone besides the nasty racist tv hosts, and tabloid rags.
Really is difficult for some when others use big words that they need to think about, or look up…
Aw, someone is upset they were excluded from the initiative?
Meghan isn’t suggesting that random people start mentoring someone out of nowhere for the rest of their lives. That’s the point of the “40 minutes.” Take 40 minutes and review a resume and say “here, this wording might be better.” or take 40 minutes to do a practice interview and offer tips. You’re not mentoring these women for the rest of their lives (unless you want to I guess.) You’re giving them a boost to help them get back into the workplace.
Sarah Vine is the worst.
Basically, just simple stuff.
People have asked me to review papers, their resumes, etc.
I can offer constructive info and they can take it or not.
The main thing is is to not make it about you and that is all Ms. Martin seems to be about.
It ain’t about you getting the boost damn it.
Exactly. I spent ten minutes giving someone interview feedback yesterday. She can take it or leave it but I figured that counts as mentoring.
Oh Sarah ! Poor Sarah! Still wants to Jump in and be all about Meghan, How is your soon to be ex? There is more than one way to skin a Cat! The people offering mentorship are professional in their choosen fields. and sometimes what one needs is simple engcouragement that there is light at the end of the tunnel, or advise on how to pick ones self up. too much structure can set a person back, if the 40mins coffee chat doesnt help you can seek out further help, this is to get the ball rolling and conversations started. in a few months i wouldnt be surpised if Meghan sets up a mentorship charity, but first you have to wade in to find out what works and what needs to be done.
on another note i hope this charity got enough publicity to handle the calls that will be coming their way from the meghan haters
see every one wins
First, if this woman cared, she could have joined and offered to mentor 40 ppl on best mentoring practices. Instead, we get this.
Secondly, if you need more structure than “spend 40 minutes mentoring someone” you probably shouldn’t be mentoring.
Third, they must be so mad at the amount of ppl and reputable organizations that publicly declared their intention to join, including Princess Eugenie (who also called her “dear Meghan.”)
I’m looking at the Archewell site and they do in fact answer such questions as:
What does a mentor do?
How can I be an effective mentor?
Why does mentor ship matter?
And a couple more. So yeah, Meghan did think this through, too bad neither Sarah Vine or Ms. Martin did before writing this ridiculous piece.
The difference between Megan and Kate, is that Meghan provides answers to her questions. If this was Kate, the questions would be “Do you think mentoring matters?” and “Are you aware of what mentors do?” And then we would wait 10 more years for her to hire people to analyze the yes or no answers, and come up with a long-term game plan for how, in another 30-40 years, the answers to those yes or no questions can inform the project of which direction to go.
Nobody can get 2,000,000 women back to work, no matter how passionate they are. But individual women in their own localities can help other individual women.
But see, Meghan isn’t the “right people.” It really just comes down to that.
Yeah, I noticed the emphasis on the “right person”, too. That’s less of a dog whistle and more of a racist/classist airhorn, but I guess I shouldn’t be too surprised from a self-proclaimed member of the “Talented Ladies Club”. (I’m sorry, I just can’t let it go – what a name!)
Ah yes, the Talented Ladies Club. The mistress of the big house got this together after seeing the need at the church fete and while making her rounds giving alms to the poor. She and her quirky single cousin from the west country wanted to help uplift the young women of the village and came up with the Talented Ladies Club, they are also teaching hygiene, elocution, and proper posture. Several young women have been keen to solve the mystery of the disappearing teapot. Good Lord.
Are you guys watching White Lotus? This reminds me of that line about “all charities do is ask for money. If you already have money, just sit on boards and plan parties.” Like, basically, people who’ve never had to be innovative and hard working have no clue why you’d want to be those things.
I know – it was founded in 2013, not 1913, but maybe that name doesn’t sound so antiquated and condescending to a British audience? I went on their website – they seem to have good intentions, but they’re not going to get 2,000,000 women into the workforce, either. In any case, if Sarah Vine had done a lick of research, she would have seen that established organizations like the YWCA are supporting Meghan’s initiative. And when people like Hillary Clinton are giving the nod, maybe she might close her mouth and take some notice.
“it would be good to see more insights shared on what specific problems these women face, and proposed, concrete solutions that are followed through with on-the-ground action from the right people. That really would be something to celebrate.’’
How do these people not choke on the hypocrisy??? COUGH CENTRE FOR EARLY BUTTONS COUGH
I mean I know we’re clearly not the target audience for these attacks but come on.
Plus there’s a big difference between building an ongoing mentoring relationship that could last years (and where the chemistry is a big part of the match) and having a 40 minute conversation which is going to be much more about having a chance to ask questions of an interesting woman. I don’t know why I’m even trying to respond to this nonsense.
Hahahahahahahahahha If women help other women do women inspired powerful things like get jobs all hell could break loose. The DM is definitely consistent in its racist and sexist agenda. Go make good trouble ladies. And congrats to Meghan for making good trouble merely by breathing
‘Stay Noisy’ as they say on the podcast ‘Satellite Sisters’!
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 yes indeed!
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 yes indeed!
This person seems mad that they aren’t involved in this. Also the Archewell website has loads more information on how to get involved. Maybe she should have had a look at that instead of saying this has no structure.
Also Vine would be better off focusing on her divorce and hoping her soon to be ex-husband’s affairs don’t make it to mainstream media.
Sarah Vine also praised the Cambridge’s anniversary video ( which looked like a commercial) and Sarah Vine isn’t someone I would advice from considering her recent divorce and how she was dragged on SM because no one likes her.
Nothing wrong with a woman getting a divorce. Diana got a divorce, and people around the globe still love her decades after her passing. Meghan got a divorce, and we love her!
Sarah Vine is a nasty racist small-minded bully straight out of Roald Dahl, that’s what’s wrong with her. I see Twitter is still a cesspool.
Any opportunity to minimize this woman and her influence they will do it. If Kate had done this it would have been “OMG this is amazing! The Keen Lynchpin is saving the monarchy!”
All I have to say is: A short video to do good and we get dozens of stories off of it. THAT is the power of Team Sussex. And THAT terrifies the BRF.
But bragging that a 5 question survey that a college freshman could bring more depth to was “ten years in the making” just screams structure.
Do they think this was dropped out of thin air at the last minute? Can you imagine the amount of planning and footwork that went into conceiving and launching this, to partner with the organizations and getting people to commit to this. Just because they had no idea in their bitter Brexit bubble, and were gearing up to bash a party, does not mean this wasn’t researched. Anyway, this has really taken off with a ton of support from so many people. Someone directed me to LinkedIn and they have a ton of posts on this from women is so many different professions. Anyway, was a fabulous forty birthday for Meghan and was a really good day.
I’m going to ignore the article because I don’t give two sh*ts about Sarah The Karen Vine and just focus on the photos of Meghan. At the bottom of the book stack where she’s got her laptop perched, I think that thick book is a photography book lololol
It takes so much work to criticize the 40X40 initiative. What kind of tight-hearted monster do you have to be to spit on this?
Meghan has global support, and they can’t stand it. I hope they choke on it.
The desperate pple they claim as expects is comical, “a founder of a website , a nobody in a made up field ,a jealous recently divorced woman ” 😀😀😀, so pathetic
This bitch just gave a whole ass interview publicizing herself while accusing Meghan of trying to get publicity. Like WTAF. Meghan has friends who have star power and are successful, who the heck won’t want to be mentored by any if these people?
I e-mailed Sarah Vine the following:
loved Meghan’s mentoring video and support scheme: we need high profile women to support and network and help other women.
One of the main reasons we as a family stopped buying the Daily Mail was its denigration of women especially its 5 year campaign against Meghan in particular. She was a real asset to the RF: strong, bright, accomplished and she championed other women. She brought them star quality, charisma and much needed energy and inclusivity. I do understand how all these qualities plus an adoring husband who worships her caused jealousy and resentment amongst the less fortunate. It is a very vast sky and everybody can contribute and make a difference on a daily basis.
Generosity and kindness and empathy really can enrich a life
That was well thought out, snarky, and perfect. Please let us know if she has the guts to respond. 😂
I wouldn’t like to be mentored by someone like Ms Martin. She comes off as really judgmental. Like the type of person who would impact my self-esteem negatively.
Or chip at your self esteem to boost their own.
Its always a case of projection, isnt it. Like H said on the DaxShepherd podcast.
This woman cares so much about empowering women that she attempts to tear down other women doing something empowering for women. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE! Just say you wished Meghan had partnered with you and go on about your day. Or better yet, post an offer to mentor. It is not that hard.
Sarah Vine & Camilla Tominey are just upset they couldn’t destroy Meghan or Harry with their acerbic barbs. Nope, the Sussexes are happy, healthy, and freaking glowing. No need to embiggen Meghan up. Her works showcase her beliefs. As Meghan said, her vibe is peaceful under a tree, while the rest of these harpies scramble to find things to criticize her for. Stay pressed, Salty Isle. Stay pressed.
Well, the Daily Fail can only go by Royal example right? If their judging mentorship in Royal terms, I can see where that’s a problem, given that Charles mentor was Jimmy Savile, his good pedophile friend, and their mutual friend Peter Ball the sex abuse bishop. Then there’s Prince Randy Andy and his mentor/pal Jeffrey Epstein.
Lol at Ms. Martin of “The Talented Ladies Club.” The name of that club is hilarious. Like if you have to declare yourself as talented, you’re not. Calling it a publicity stunt? How the heck do you expect the initiative to grow and inspire and make a major impact without publicity? I love how she’s complaining that Meghan gave no step by step instructions on how to volunteer, mentor, participate. Spoken like someone who never even thought of giving back or volunteering their time. I mean, how hard can it be to go out and volunteer your time to a charity, organization, or on a personal level? Are they all idiots?
Well that’s rich. Meghan drops a whole plan and they come up with all these ideas what Megan could be doing, where are these fine ideas when Khate sends out an utterly pointless questionnaire and flies around the country to promote it? The phrase ‘If she was serious’ applies to everything duchess dolittle claims to do but not Meghan. Meghan has accomplished just what she said.
The “talented ladies club”? Really? That just makes me laugh. What, “Snooty Privileged Colonizers” was taken?
It seems like their criticism of Meghan’s initiative is that it’s both not big enough but at the same time not small enough? This feels a lot like the criticism Meghan would get for not going through “palace – approved” channels or ignoring “gold standard” advisors.
Reading between the lines, though, of course she thinks helping women directly could do more harm than good – what would happen if these peasants start to actually better themselves? What if somebody starts to wonder why a group calling themselves the “talented ladies club” gets to influence decisions? The horror!
Yeah, her critic is a web site creator.
LMAO I just looked at her company’s Twitter feed. Almost NO engagement, but she offers a course on monetizing social media. Make it make sense.
It seems to me Meghan has been mentoring and encouraging others all her adult life. I think the woman interviewed has a point about doing positive mentoring, but she destroys her own argument by her negative “mentoring” and criticism of what another woman is trying to do. Meghan is inviting people to mentor people regarding their own profession and they are all accomplished in their own right. Who is in this group she is organizing. Sounds like she is trying to organize a meaningful volunteer group, and kudos for that, but with that mindset, I don’t know how inspiring or enlightening they will be.
Maybe they can bring that same energy to the Early Years Project?
The level of impotent rage and crazed bitterness in Camilla T’s ridiculous Telegraph story about the study decor yesterday was delightful. Foaming at the mouth over the colour of a beagle is a special kind of madness.
STONE FIREPLACE!! LOL
God, they’re all so BITTER.
Part of the reason the bitter ones in the UK like Sarah Vine are trying to drag down this initiative is because mentoring in anathema to these haters. If you look at journalists over there, a large number of prominent ones got their jobs through nepotism, cronyism and connections. So many newsrooms are staffed by the son/daughter of a famous person/columnist, private school and class connections. That’s why their newsrooms are so sorely lacking in diverse viewpoints and backgrounds. Why would they want or mentor a young person who isn’t part of their in group to break into whatever industry?
“…have spent nearly 18 months researching best practice for coaching and mentoring women, with a view to producing recommended guidelines that will protect women.”
I don’t even need to read the comments or do a deep dive to find out where this came from. Maybe it would have gone over better, if presented in pie chart form?