Truth! I am so happy I am finding my people on this board. When I say things like this out loud, I see the thought cloud above their head “so you are one of thooooosssde”

I cosign all that you say!!? (if that’s a thing people say anymore)

they love it when you jump in with your own points while ostensibly there to take notes. love.

i think the gendered bifurcation is so much part of the problem. competition for scarce commodities, i.e. jobs and pay.

hmm, interesting. problem is playing the man doesn’t really suit anyone. there’s got to be a less gendered approach to leadership, anger, and creativity.

it’s so true how bullies can smell a good-hearted, trusting or vulnerable person. kind of like how the frat boy date rapists prey on the chubby girls. you get my point. they’re profiling with a goal.

agreed. it’s just assumed. your value is x. his is y. in the financing of movies, it’s a joke how ingrained it is and how women participate in it every day.

when you think about the daughters of these dudes, it gets really disturbing

that is too true. it is so easy, in fact, almost inevitable to think ‘what could i have done/said/worn that would have made this go differently?’

I couldn’t agree more. I think the harassment is a symptom of the competition, sociopathic sex drives not withstanding.

The irony is some of those duties are important in certain job environments. Great! Stick it in someone’s job description and evaluate him/her on it rather than twiddling your thumbs and wondering where the birthday cake is coming from. Tell everyone their next raise is dependent on who cleans up after the potluck,…

I finally learned after working in several different places that the best thing you can do as a woman in office settings is never volunteer for “gendered” stuff (ie: decorating, throwing the birthday party, buying and circulating the retirement card, etc.). And if they ask you to do it, either decline if you can or…

UGH. I’m so sorry. I worked for a misogynist, racist asshole, and my reports to HR were swept under the rug. When I contacted our governing board something similar happened. I was eventually run off - I had to leave for my own mental health. It was a literal nightmare and I am in contact with several female staff I…

Hm, yes “salty”... I actually like that characterization. I am full boat “bitch”. I dare “question things” rather than go along to get along. How horrid and uppity if me.

Contact Pat Moran’s casting agency. I worked as a production assistant on season 3 and 5 of House of Cards. Beau was well aware of Spaceys innappropriate behavior. Everyone on set was/is aware. I’m a female so I never received unwanted advances from him, but he acted innapproprately with many of my male co-workers. I…

As am I hoping to have an ass like his at 80. Just not mine ;)

Super glad I’m not the only one whose mind went to the wrong diaphragm.

Trudeau: Did he try that handshake bullshit on you?
Macron: Oh yeah, he totally did. Thanks for the tips.

Agreed. I also hate the way Nick talks. I wish they’d return to “Fantasy Bachelors” ie, Prince, Rich Guy, Pilot, Doctor, whatever. Not “Former loser on the show”. But I guess the producers are proven right - put someone artificially in the role of “Desirable guy” and women will claw each others eyes out to get him.

I think the producers were definitely looking for a controversial bad boy after the sweet Jesus boy Ben last time. I’m guessing he’ll keep going for the tits all season and there will be extra tears and probably a defector or two due to his not being Here For The Right Reasons.