Eternal Brain Rot

[wade_scott]

Training men is like herding cats.

I know, I know, I sound like one of those bitter women who hate men who really just need a good fuck (according to every man when a woman says she's fed up with the male half of the species).  But in all honesty, I hate trying to train a man to do my job.  Why?  Because they already know what they're doing and they

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[shiv5468]

so true

I think it's to do with their hearing because I swear it's as if they aren't listening to you and that can't be right can it?

[wade_scott]

I *love* being asked the same question every day! It's the highlight of my entire shift.

[bloodcult]

Like the law student who had never heard the word "misogynist."

Don't you know you got to pay extra for the big words at Cletus' Law School and Auto Body shop.

[wade_scott]

Well, I'm starting to think it might all boil down to the "good ol' boy's club," like you mentioned in your last post. The law student only graduated from high school because his wealthy father threatened to withhold monetary support from the principal, and was friends with the guidance counselor. Don't get me wrong, I get along with the guy fairly well. He is honorable to his wife and family, and he will listen to my arguments when he says something stupid. (Doesn't mean that I wasn't shocked and appalled that he had never heard of misogyny.)

The co-worker that was such a pain in my ass immediately formed a bond with the law student, because they were both military boys. I'm thinking that the behavior of not listening and always being right comes from such male-dominated arenas like the military and organized religions. Men who come from those backgrounds usually make me very uncomfortable with the way I am treated.

[harmony_bites]

I've never noticed such a gender gap in trainability. Maybe men are more bidable in New York? Maybe that's why I'm the only person in my f-list who doesn't hate men (other than Snape, and in your case, Neville.)

[wade_scott]

Maybe that's why I'm the only person in my f-list who doesn't hate men

*sighs* I knew someone would say that. I don't think I hate men as much as I'm so very tired of being beaten down by them. If it was overt, I could fight back. But it's so subtle--like being ignored while I'm trying to train someone--that I just don't know how to squash it.

As I said, I don't know what the cause of the issue is. I have had many male co-workers that are perfectly fine. But the ones that aren't--well, it gets exhausting quickly.

[harmony_bites]

I'm (mostly) teasing you.

But seriously, it seems a pattern in HP (or maybe among SSHG people) that a higher than ordinary amount of people have problems with men--I don't mean on an existential basis--that they have a problem with MEN but...

I know at least two women on my f-list who have been battered by their husbands. I know women on my f-list who talk about getting their husband's "permission" to go on a trip, spend money, etc.

I never saw the like in Trek--or my RL acquaintances--seriously.

[wade_scott]

My parents' marriage was like that. Lots of abuse and control. It makes me angry to witness