And even worse for black women, hence the stereotype of the “angry loud black woman.” It’s the no win situation every woman faces but amplified by preconceived ideas of blackness. At work, if I strategize by being polite and purposely agreeable in meetings, I’m criticized for not being assertive enough. If I speak up…

Yeah, it’s like frustratingly recounting a common racist encounter with a white friend and having them try to seem empathetic, but then they end the conversation by saying you should calm down and try not to “see racism in everything.” It’s not a witch hunt idiot, it’s seeing the very real themes and trends of what…

I think that all religion, regardless of how peaceful they’re presented (like Buddhism) are just a defense mechanism against the terror of the fact that we are on a spinning ball of dirt and water circling a burned out star in the middle of absolute nothingness, and we WILL die and there’s nothing we can do about it.…

Come and get some of Grandpa’s authentic county fair award winning “did someone shit on a plate” chili!

It’s like we’re in a Twilight Zone episode where some cosmic shift pushed us into another dimension where Saudi women can drive next year, Indian girls have legal rights to file rape charges, and American women are segregated and need a male escort to avoid inevitable assault. What’s next? Separate high…

Omg, was thinking this. When I was engaged and guys would see the ring, it seemed to increase their douchey drive to ask me out. They would almost get offended like they had been challenged somehow.

Lol exactly. When you’re turned on/fooling around, ok bring out the dick. Most of them ain’t aesthetically pleasing. Female coworkers were just talking about dick pics we’ve gotten from guys and how we’re confused about why they still think it’s sexy. It’s startling, curiosity provoking, giggle inducing, sometimes off…

The only violence committed was against that delicious soup😞. Unless it was Hale & Hearty, they use too much salt. He wasn’t even hurt, he’ll just have to put an extra cup of Tide Stain Defense in the wash.

Yup, last week I was on the J and a group of pretty Latina teenage girls and their one guy friend were sitting minding their business. This drunk guy keeps trying to get one of the girl’s attention, getting closer and closer to her, and catcalling her. She finally quickly said something back in Spanish and shook her…

Don’t bite the bait. This is the same lame troll from one of the Harvey Weinstein threads who said men have to be careful even saying hi to women at work now because they can be accused of sexual harassment at any time and have their careers ruined. Troll also whined that men get sexually harassed too.

Exactly. Reports of Weinstein say that non-actress workers were warned to go in pairs if they were working around him. These young women have three roommates and are wearing H&M to work. Even off duty starlets are wearing black skinny jeans and a Zara blouse day to day. Think of any paparazzi photo of like, Jennifer…

I think a lot of older women have experienced sexual harassment and have buried it in their subconscious and say things like this as a defense mechanism.They were raised during a time that you were just taught that girls are prey, men are predators, you do your best to avoid being a victim, and if you’re victimized…

Also, the topic is Weinstein’s conduct toward women at work. Does Donna think a production assistant is slinking around in a Balmain mini dress and stilettos while making copies? I know it shouldn’t matter what a woman is wearing, just an observation of how she started her defense way off base.

Or why women in Haiti or her other beloved third world countries who wear floor length skirts and modest, basic non fashion clothing are still assaulted at staggering rates? The internalized misogyny is real.

Sorry, that last comment wasnt for you, it was for the honi soit troll. My kinja is scrolling with a mind of its own.

All the women on this thread have said theyve rarely met another woman who’s escaped sexual harassment. The stats on it are staggering. Do you know several men who’ve had female bosses masturbate in front of them, trap them in a room and demand to see their penises, or put roofies in their drink at a business lunch?…

Yeah, all this “but now how will I interact with women/minorities/gay people?” stuff is showing that there are a lot of people who know they’re sexist/racist/homophobic but always played dumb like they don’t know the obvious answer is to be decent to anyone not a white male. There’s a changing of the winds right now…

I don’t have any female friends or family members who haven’t been sexually harassed at work. I’ve been working for 15 years and have been sexually harassed several times, only to have HR shove it under the rug or say “oh he’s a nice guy, I don’t believe that” instead of formally investigating. The more powerful man…

Years ago I worked as a merchandiser for H&M while I was finishing college. The company visual directives for windows and the floor for the spring campaign came and the theme was “White is Right.” It was all white linen, cotton etc. Well of course myself as the only black merchandiser and the one black store manager…

Low rank woman of color on top of that, and “too sensitive. trying to insert race into everything.” Kind of like how “nice” guys tend to think women who share their common experiences of misogyny are seeing sexism everywhere when to them it doesn’t exist or isn’t “that bad.”