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I’m going to say this, because its relevant and meaningful. A woman has a right to stand up for herself, at all times. Trying to make a living should not stand in the way of achieving this very desire. Being an independent and opinionated woman in any context is not wrong. Standing up against misogyny and white privileged attitudes in any context, is not to be censored or mediated by some absolute form or righteousness. Since when does being part of an institution mean that you need to subject yourself to belittlement, prejudice, degrading behavior and silent pain hidden behind a veil of ” professional and standard conduct ” ? I think there is something to be said about what ” professionalism ” entails, and how much a woman is supposed to swallow silently, before a line is drawn. There is nothing progressive about repressing your feelings, repressing your right to an opinion, and repressing your need for self respect in the form of you, standing up for yourself. The most obvious truth is that humans are individuals, and women are very much so a part of this equation. Seems ridiculous to standardize the behavior of such a vast array of people, in the name of Capitalism and preserving archaic systematic delivery of silent misery. There is nothing standard about humans. There is nothing beautiful about Capitalism, and there is nothing progressive about treating other people like shit for being individuals who desire self respect. That’s my 2 cents. As a woman living in Nova Scotia, I am very disappointed that I cannot seem to find a way to be able to stand up for myself, and not have to worry about preserving employment. I personally think that this is because of gender related issues, and I think we all, as women, should be concerned about this, and should voice our options and thoughts on the matter. Its not because I am a woman, that I am in a constant state of pleasantness and sweetness. I’m allowed to be offended, I’m allowed to be insulted, and I am allowed to show emotion. Fuck your archaic gender standards. —GirlGoneWild
This article appears in Jan 28 – Feb 3, 2016.
Who said you couldn’t? Familiar with the feminist movement? How does Capitalism affect your right to stand up for yourself as a woman?
Is this a new movement? God I’m getting old…
Think of how hurt Ralph is going to be when he hears that the girls are talking union again
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“I treat you like you were my own daughters and this is how you repay me?”
For shame.
I’m a senior and never had problems with gender issues. Helps to have a loud voice and a twitchy foot, ready to kick any and all offensive nutsacks in my range. Stand up for yourself loudly and proudly, woman. Take no fucking prisoners.
As an employee, you cannot go around spitting catch phrases like “white privilege”, “misogyny”, “capitalism”, etc… and expect anyone to even like you, let alone take you seriously. Shut the fuck up, do your job, cash your cheque and live your life. Maybe it’s your shitty outlook, poor attitude and blaming your shortcomings on some imagined “misogynistic world” that make you a joke, not the “system” at all. I know if you worked for me and you spoke like this, you’d be fired before you got to the end of your first sentence, and I’m a woman. You don’t get taken seriously in the workplace BECAUSE you’re a woman, you get taken seriously because your skills, personality and the ability to work with others demands respect.
Sweetie, it’s called “emotional labour” and it’s a big part of any job involving professional interaction with other people.
Do you think that every teacher, professor, doctor, nurse, day-care worker, business owner, bank teller, hairdresser, plumber, loans officer, waiter, store clerk, receptionist, flight attendant, or lawyer has an open mic to freely express EXACTLY what they are thinking about their students/students’ parents/customers/patients/clients/guests at every moment? (Hint: ha, ha, ha, NO.)
Lecturing your captive-audience co-workers on politics at work (and making a gross assumption that they are all criminally racist or misogynist) is actually a form of workplace harassment.
If you really believe that the people you work with represent some kind of global capitalist anti-female heteronormative trans-phobic racist genocidal conspiracy . . . then I suggest you find a better organization to work for.
Oh, and sign up for a Karate class or something. It will do wonders for that “standing up for yourself” thing you were wondering about.
I stopped reading at “swallow silently”