It’s good you phrase things in a way that allows people a way out - really good. And I do know they exist (lots of friends in this realm of business who are great dudes) it’s just that this guy wasn’t one of them.

Super interesting and good to know. Thanks!

Huh, so interesting. I live in Wisconsin and there’s definitely less general jerkery here than in other states I’ve lived. And Minnesota is at the top of the niceness pyramid, so it could have something to do with it. Whatever it is, I’m glad your experience has been better!

No way! Wild. I am re-watching all of SVU, can’t wait for this one. (sobs)

I’m not saying that you don’t have a valid point, I’m just saying it’s never women’s responsibility as a whole to fix a problem with men. That being said, I absolutely take little steps like the one you mentioned to combat sexism. I don’t smile unless I want to, I ask men not to interrupt me, I have conversations with…

Do you think it has to do with the specific company you work for? I know some companies that are actively trying to combat this stuff. Or just that you happen to work with good human beings who get it?

That’s awesome you’re getting interviews! What is your profession? Sounds like you’re going to kill it. I hope you don’t get punished for being “aggressive” and/or the industry starts to realize that it needs to do better when it comes to women. I think there are places that exist that are more friendly to women but…

Nope, he was definitely not asking me. And if I didn’t know, wouldn’t it have been good for him to establish that so he could help me make sure I got the right size? What if my laptop was 15 inches and I was accidentally purchasing a 13 inch case for it? Definitely would have been a good sales person move to establish…

Beauty of red wine understood: check. Vibrator: working on it. Thanks :)

I’ve heard that medical coding is a great field to get into, is that what you do? I’m going to be attending an intensive 4-month web development program in a bit. Do you feel like you get to be creative and build cool things? Those are two big selling points for me. I’d love to hear more about what you do :)

My father-in-law is like this, and he’s the worst - he assumes he *should* know things just because he has a penis, and right now it’s grilling. He got a grill and has clearly never grilled in his life, and doesn’t understand at all the idea of cooking the steak a bit and the grill being more for flavor and literally…

The problem with this is that you’re saying it’s on women to fix the issue when the issue lies with men. On a more surface level, not smiling and nodding and giving eye contact can and often will get you the feedback that you’re too cold and not friendly enough.

I’m going to be entering this world soon and am girding my loins for all the blatant terrible sexism I’m guaranteed to encounter. First situation: last week buying a traveling case for my laptop from Best Buy, dude can’t find the sticker, is looking up the product in his computer and says out loud “hmm is this a 13 in…

I’m the Operations & Development Manager of a mid-sized company and also sit at the front of the office, so I welcome every client/stranger who enters, and this earns me all the bullshit lack of respect that a receptionist gets. (To be clear, receptionists also deserve respect, lots of it). But I do things like…

Whaaaaaaat an asshole.

I read this as the way I think of your method, which is "amazing because damn I wish my dogs were that well trained that I could tell them to go to bed and they'd actually do that and leave me and my partner alone to knock boots."

I know cook's get paid better (my husband gets $10/hour! *sobs*) but they still often work off the clock. My boo goes in 1-2 hours early every day to help the sous chef prep, because he's tight with the sous chef and knows he literally can't get everything done on his own but the owners won't schedule any cooks but…

"pound sand" ...???

I was accused of having an eating disorder while studying abroad as a high school student and it was super shitty. The people in my host country could eat a metric ton of bread a day and not gain weight. I was a size 0 16-year-old with great metabolism who ate what I always had considered a normal diet and way too…

That's super obnoxious.