Feb 06, 2006 15:32
Yesterday at work about 12:30, we're pretty busy, quite randomly the power goes out. It was very annoying because we had to ring people up WITHOUT registers for about half an hour, but then we got to close. Skechers was the only store in Waterford without powers. So we went to Panera. There wasn't much else to do until the power came back on.
So we were all sitting in the back eating, and Matt said something about how the two words that freak him out the most are the 'P-word' and the 'C-word' (and this guy, though he's awesome, is probably one of the grossest people I know) And I just mentioned how if the worst thing you can call someone in our society is "cunt" (and he actually flinched when i said that) what does that say about our society's views on female genitalia and females in general(since our genitals are the only things that define us as male or female) There's such a negative connotation built up around the word 'cunt' and that stays in the back of your head whether you have one or you're in one, so just fucking think about that. Think about that the next time you're going to use ANY word to insult someone, think about what that word actually means what you're doing to that word and maybe just try to be less insulting?
There's so much NEGATIVITY. Its not meant to be funny. Its dragging me down, its dragging you down too.
Later, I was talking to someone about sexual harassment. Supposedly, there was some guy who called a woman 'sweetie' and he got two years in jail and had to pay a $10,000 fine. I said that was really excessive and he was probably just being made an example of, which was unfair. I SAID THAT FIRST. But then I said that calling someone 'sweetie' in a professional environment is condescending. And then someone called me a hardcore feminist, (well i AM a feminist, though i am not sure if i am hardcore) but of course that is a BAD thing to be. For some reason, no one seems to understand how calling someone 'sweetie' can be condescending. Well here's an example. Let's say a middle-aged guy walks into Skechers and sees me and says 'Sweetie, can you tell me where the Work boots are?' Would that same guy say the same thing to Stephen, my middle-aged general manager? You know he wouldn't. Here's my point. If you are treating me, or any woman, or any PERSON, as less than an equal, then you are being condescending or worse. And that is just unprofessional. And I'm sorry if you haven't caught up with this crazy new idea of EQUALITY we as a society are trying to practice now, but that doesn't mean I am going to just smile and take your shit.
So if you've just read this long, unorganized rant, and agree with any of the things I said, just leave a simple little comment that says 'I agree' or something so that I don't have to feel so alone. If you've just read this and are thinking of leaving a comment that says 'Make me a sandwich' or something, guess what, it's really not that clever.
I see this degradation and separation around me all the time, and sometimes I just want to cry because I feel like most people simply ignore it or worse, don't see it as a problem at all.