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[esorlehcar]

One of the awesome things about my job is that I get to take examples like this:“I know that Tina means well, but her constant chattering, joking, and giggling just stops me from getting my work done.”
and change the gender. I'd say you'd be amazed at how almost every example of flightiness, irresponsibility, stupidity, malicious gossip, etc., is

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[neros_violin]

You know, I really try not to be surprised anymore (have you SEEN the latest Burger King commercials - I'm sure you've heard about or seen the SpongeBob ones, but they're running new ones now to promote Star Trek, and some Klingon Kings beam into this guy's living room and demand the glasses, at which point he asks "Can't you just take my girlfriend instead?" OH, HAHAHA, misogyny, you are so FUNNY. I'm never eating at Burger King again, which, hey, I guess my arteries and tastebuds are saying thank you, it's about time) but I continue to be. Surprised, that is. My mouth drops open on a regular basis. For example: Yesterday, I was having lunch with my husband at a fairly trendy downtown lunch buffet. The woman in front of me in line had ONE slice of pizza and a salad on her plate (not that it matters what she was eating, she could have been eating a whole pizza and a gallon of milkshakes, and what happened next still would not have been appropriate). A male coworker came up to her and said, "Wow, look at you. That's quite a

[thelalaprincess]

That makes me want to smash things.

[neros_violin]

Me, too, honey. Sigh.

[esorlehcar]

Jesus christ. That's just so beyond the pale, both that men feel they right to make comments like that, and that women have been conditioned to not only accept them, but to feel that they deserve them and should change their own behavior accordingly. My first morning in LA, Snoo and I went out to breakfast, and the waiter asked her if she wanted butter on her toast. She said sure, and he did an exaggerated double take and said, "Good for you, honey! Don't listen to Madison Avenue!" It was just so incredibly condescending, and he actually thought he was being charming, and UGH.

I almost never see commercials due to TiVo ownership, which is a very good thing. I get bombarded with enough thoughtless sexism in every other facet of the culture.

[whereupon]

Is it weird to say thank you for doing that? I hope it is not weird.

Sometimes I make the mistake of watching actual television as-it-airs or of glancing through a sort of general-interest magazine, but I rarely make it more than a few minutes before giving up in disgust. I'm so incredibly tired of how women are portrayed as incapable, incompetent, entirely dependent, existing solely to provide men with reasons to do things. The misogyny inherent in so much of culture, popular or otherwise, is so . . . stupefying, so incredibly obvious, that I just . . . I don't get how people can not see it, really, and how they're not repulsed by it. And, wow, mini-rant. Apologies. And thank you, again.

[gobsmacked]

This *still* ticks me off. Of course, I've written to them and asked why they don't have buttons for my real title "Dr.". It's incredibly snotty, but hey, if they want to "address [me] correctly" they should provide more options.

[vito_excalibur]

That is indeed awesome. Yay for changing things even a bit at a time.