Why’s it bad? Teenage girls did some shit that came from a place of good intentions. No one, literally no one, is physically harmed by this. And if any grown fucking adults are emotionally hurt by this, they’re unworthy of respect.

That’s not racism.

Not standing is equally ridiculous. This all bothers me, because I can’t roll my eyes hard enough at the various reactions.

What should I give less of a shit about? Soccer, or how near to the ground someone is during a song?

The entire western world. You know, where women are free to seek any educational or career opportunity they desire, are afforded full protection under the legal system, and have the same exact rights as men.

You seem stable.

Whoever one says is first, or nobly first, or second, or nobly second, is entirely dependent on perspective and circumstance. If you were a man drafted for a tour in World War 1 and ordered into No Man’s Land, you could come away thinking the lot of women is easier in the western world. Conversely, if you were a woman…

“I know a social worker who thinks people on welfare are lazy.”

No they aren’t. In fact, they’re almost always the best.

Also, men first as they went once more unto the breach, and once more unto the steel mills and coal mines.

Really though, you sound like an abhorrent person to work with.

In a sense, it is no different than the safe space / trigger-warning freight train that stormed through college campuses over the last few years.

Men first, except for all those years when “women and children first” was a popular saying.

Ok, stupid. How about this?

To me, this is the same as saying that what Christina Hoff Sommers says is wrong simply because she holds views that many here find disagreeable.

Ok, so the guy disagrees with the consensus.

Is there any actual evidence that a “men first” culture actually existed?

Your workplace sounds absolutely horrendous!

I don’t even get why folks have to be called allies in this sense. They’re just partners and teammates, who worked with you to achieve mutually beneficial ends. That, really, is the beauty of a positive work environment — people overcome trivial, superficial, differences to create a better product and more fulfilling…

As an engineer, I worked with several women to amplify our good ideas and proposals.