Depression Support Group
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It's really annoying to see over and over and over and over again the difference in how people are treated based on their sex.
went to a play yesterday /High School/ and there were two "male" critics, who spoke to the group afterwards for about 45 minutes
there were like 35 females and only 4 or 5 males, yet the only people these "male" critics could comment on or praise were the males, so we sat there for 45 fucking minutes listening to these assholes talk about what a wonderful job the "male" /actors did, but completely ignored the terrific jobs done by some of the female/actresses.
just another brick in my fucking wall. It's like you could be the most competent brain surgeon or physicist in the world, and be female and be completely ignored, but some sap with a penis comes along and can walk in a straight line, and they're the fucking genius of the day. Think I'll take my meds and watch Wickerman.
went to a play yesterday /High School/ and there were two "male" critics, who spoke to the group afterwards for about 45 minutes
there were like 35 females and only 4 or 5 males, yet the only people these "male" critics could comment on or praise were the males, so we sat there for 45 fucking minutes listening to these assholes talk about what a wonderful job the "male" /actors did, but completely ignored the terrific jobs done by some of the female/actresses.
just another brick in my fucking wall. It's like you could be the most competent brain surgeon or physicist in the world, and be female and be completely ignored, but some sap with a penis comes along and can walk in a straight line, and they're the fucking genius of the day. Think I'll take my meds and watch Wickerman.
And I had a really good opportunity to strike a blow for gender equality several years ago. I was attending a soccer referee class where the instructor was lamenting about the poor showing that the US has in international soccer tournaments. (ie the World Cup) I asked him what he was talking about because we were, at that time, defending world champs in world cup and olympics; and we had been in the top 4 for several seasons. (Each event comes once every 4 years.)
Pause in the audience.
Then I added something like "Oh, you mean the men's team. The women are doing just fine thank you very much!"
men are great sometimes, but women are too, thanks for doing that.
I guess it's about aknowledgement. We all like to be acknowledged when we work hard and get it right.
But what I have learned is that I can change my little part of the world. There are 2 ways to do that. One is to be FAIR when you have a chance to pick a person for a job. The other is to model fair behavior.
What ever happened to live and let live? ..not on this planet.
HEE HEE HEE
GBU
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