Why's that? People like me fine.
OceanSoap
joined 1 year ago
I'm a woman in STEM. I only went to a CC, so maybe there's a difference there, but I didn't experience much sexism in my time there.
I have experienced it at work, but usually from the younger, unsocialized men. Is it a problem? Sure, but I'll take that over my bosses being sexist.
Also, along with the sexism does come some privilege. When I do something wrong, I tend to get taken easier on when it comes to punishment. I also am able to form.... different (non-sexial) bonds with the higher ups. These dynamics are much different to any bonds I had with female bosses from my previous field of work, and they're different than the bonds the higher ups have with my male counterparts. I can say that I donβt worry about being laid off or fired.
However, I'm also fairly certain that I have a sharp awareness of these bonds and how to manipulate them to get what I want.
Not trying to poo-poo any sexism claims, just that there's also certainly a privilege to be had being a woman minority in a male-dominated field.
Sorry, I'm super tech/software illiterate, can someone explain how to transfer what I had on tachiyomi over tonthis new app?
I would have refused to participate in that Foosball tournament that a coworker begged me to be in because he needed an even number for teams.
A disaster, seriously.
Same, but I did read the books.
I wouldn't have caved and joined that Foosball tournament.
I'd probably be dead from infection, and at the very least horribly disfigured. Was in a boating accident when I was 6 and had 3rd degree burns across my entire body.
Or that quicksand is actually, well, quick.
Thanks, Princess Bride. π
.... Til that dinosaurs aren't extinct.
I started smoking in high school, and by 23, I was smoking a pack a day.
After college, I got a job teaching children's martial arts at my instructors gym. I taught ages 3 to 18 full time.
Now, these kids, man, they think you are the coolest fucking thing ever walk the earth, I'm not even kidding. I'd run into them every so often outside if the gym, and I became terrified they'd catch me smoking, and I'd have to explain why their idol was doing something so terrible.
So, I decided to wean myself off. I went down by one cigarette each week. Eventually, I was smoking only 3 a day. Then, I cut out the one in the morning with my coffee. Then the one on the way to work.
That last cigarette I smoked on the way home for that last week, I dream about it sometimes.
Anyway, someone had told me that when you stop smoking, the third day is the worst. But for me, it was the fifth day. I'll never forget how angry I was that day. But once I got through it, not smoking became a lot easier.
I just never went back. Those kids might have saved my life. Or at least my lungs. :)
Don't get me wrong, it was hard. I think part of the reason I never got back into it is I didn't want to have to go through quitting again.
Ah yes someone has a different experience?? They must internally hate themselves. π
I'm not omiting anything, just adding that some privilege comes along with the sexism.