Yeah I totally feel you, and the thing is when I talk about things that have been said and done to me, a lot of the time I end up feeling like I'm the one being sexist because I'm not talking about all the stuff that happens to men too. I can only talk about my own experiences, not the experiences of a man, I'm not trying to say we have it worse or it doesn't happen to men or it's not as important if it happens to a man. It's equally as not okay. But I've had everything from being called a slut as I walk down the street, to being followed home, to followed through a shopping centre, to being offered money to 'hang out', I even just lost someone I considered a good friend because I wasn't willing to be his girlfriend and 'I'm just the same as all the others, so I can get ****ed'. I even posted on here recently about how everybody comes into my store thinking my male staff member is my manager, when I'm actually his. We get deliveries and they ask him where he wants the stock, customers come in looking for 'the boss'. It makes me feel craptacular that as a 28 year old female I can't be a manager because I'm not a man.
I don't want to generalise and say men should respect women- everyone should respect everyone. But I'm not a slut, yes I am a manager, and no I don't want your money to 'hang out'.
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