The Most Sexist Thing That's Happened To You
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Wow. Did she get in to trouble? Because she sounds like a frigging nutcase.Plucky said:
As for women in tuxes, I'm a big fan of Janelle Monae:
OT: I always get annoyed when people say women can't be funny, or are only funny to other women. I've heard this expressed by men and women, and it bothers me because it just isn't true.
Same here. I was about to talk about how I was hugged by this cute girl with big boobs, but after reading the OP, I was wondering how it was in any way sexy. :/Liquid Ocelot said:
OT: I honestly don't remember any situations that have happened to me that were sexist. Considering that I'm a white male, it's hard to be discriminated against.
When I was in high school, I walked into the room of the local SPED program to talk to a friend who has ADHD and Aspeger's Syndrome. Two social workers, both women (they always are), were pressuring him about his school work in a way that I knew (and any professional should have known) would lead to a bad situation. I stood in the doorway (they were against the far wall) and politely asked them to stop, saying that people on the spectrum can't deal with what they were doing (standing very close and repeating themselves loudly), and that they should try a different method. They freaked out, started screaming, and charged at me, knocking me backwards out of the doorway and then shoving and hitting me all the way out of the building.
When I went to the administration and requested something be done, they said that the social workers had told them they were naturally afraid of me, because I was a man, and that I would be receiving a detention for the incident.
This happened in a very progressive community known for its good schools and excellent special education program (the schools are actually just taking credit for other peoples' hard work, they're actually not very good).
When I went to the administration and requested something be done, they said that the social workers had told them they were naturally afraid of me, because I was a man, and that I would be receiving a detention for the incident.
This happened in a very progressive community known for its good schools and excellent special education program (the schools are actually just taking credit for other peoples' hard work, they're actually not very good).
Bull. Fucking. Shit.ouch111 said:
Where the hell have you been for at least the past twenty years? Men are discriminated against at least as much as women are in the western world today, if not more. It's also far more likely that discrimination against men isn't even recognized as sexism at all, because people keep coming up with totally bullshit justifications for why it's acceptable to discriminate against him and not her.
The school I went to had a strict dress code for guys and almost no dress code for girls. Guys had to wear a button up shirt, tie and khaki pants. The girls could wear whatever they wanted except for open toed shoes and skirts that are more then three inches above the knees and THE GIRLS ALWAYS COMPLAINED ABOUT HAVING TOO MANY RESTRICTIONS ON THEM.
Both my mum and my grandma have often demanded I get the door for them, or gave me a harsh scolding for not doing so, just because I am a man. Now, I'll hold the door for anyone who is not too far behind me if I get to it first, carrying something heavy, or doesn't have full use of their arms (or conceivably has no arms, not that I've ever encountered this situation before), but I seriously considered saying something like "welcome to the 21st century, women are allowed to touch doorknobs now." I settled for pointing out that they only get away with it because of their relationship to me, nothing to do with not having a Y chromosome.
Also, not that this has happened to me personally, but alimony is bloody stupid and I have no intention of ever getting married until it is abolished in any country I might live in one day. Just putting that out there.
Also, not that this has happened to me personally, but alimony is bloody stupid and I have no intention of ever getting married until it is abolished in any country I might live in one day. Just putting that out there.
Lets see....the major sexism that I experience is from my Mom and Grandmother, but thats really because they care. As a male, they won't let me grow my hair out long. Further, they both complain on a reglar basis about the fact that I wear a silver key-shaped necklace, which they both proclaim is 'too girly' for me.
I'm acctually rather proud of how abnormally feminine I am, to be honest. I wore the key anyways, and guess what? All my classmates thought it was cool. *shrugs* Nowadays, its become nothing short of a trademark for me. Eventually, when this key breaks, I'll probably find a new key-shaped thing.
I'm acctually rather proud of how abnormally feminine I am, to be honest. I wore the key anyways, and guess what? All my classmates thought it was cool. *shrugs* Nowadays, its become nothing short of a trademark for me. Eventually, when this key breaks, I'll probably find a new key-shaped thing.
To be accepted in police sciences class, there was multiple physial tests and academic test also, but to make this example short, there's that VAMEVAL test..
For men, you need to do 6 to have the passing score, and 11 was considered 100%.
For girls.. 4 was the passing mark and 8 was 100%. I understand that they have a quotas of girls but for a job as important as law enforcement (or firefighters or paramedic), wouldn't it be logical to have a fair test since criminals aren't gonna run slower or hit easier on a cop if she's a girl.
For men, you need to do 6 to have the passing score, and 11 was considered 100%.
For girls.. 4 was the passing mark and 8 was 100%. I understand that they have a quotas of girls but for a job as important as law enforcement (or firefighters or paramedic), wouldn't it be logical to have a fair test since criminals aren't gonna run slower or hit easier on a cop if she's a girl.
Didn't really directly affect me but a few months ago there was a charity run for breast cancer awareness which raised money for breast cancer.
I thought oh that's a good cause I'll apply, raise money and do the run.
Ohhh no didn't quite work like that, to take part in the run you had to be female but was kindly told I can still raise money for them but I couldn't take part.
Awww well their loss really, I took my goodwill elsewhere and raised a fair sum of money for someone else.
I thought oh that's a good cause I'll apply, raise money and do the run.
Ohhh no didn't quite work like that, to take part in the run you had to be female but was kindly told I can still raise money for them but I couldn't take part.
Awww well their loss really, I took my goodwill elsewhere and raised a fair sum of money for someone else.
That story has made my day!mirasiel said:I should say though that we do have a pretty regular crowd of girl gamers too and they are as 'hardcore' as anyone else is.
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My fave 'girl gamer' story was a father/daughter (daughter about 9 or 10) who played xbox together, like taking turns going through bits of games or doing going if poss...anyways the little girl was super obssessed with halo (ended up giving her my old halo books actually) but was getting bored of it and they wanted a new game to play but a lot of the shooters where too old/violent for her (I know halo is a 15 but still)....dad liked the shooting but the girl liked the sci-fi story/setting...so I though, screw it try mass effect 1 +2 as we had them on a bundle sale thing, dad hums and haws, girl gives puppy dog eyes....and I get the "I heard this is full of sex" talk and have to explain and spoiler what actually happens.
So dad relents buys it and I dont see them for a month or so until one day about 2 month later they come in and the little girl is standing in the door way of the shop, hands on hips and loudly proclaims (in the way little girls do) "I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favourite game store in *location* " , whilst the dad has the 'every damn shop we go into' look on his face
Made my damn month I tell ya
OT, I'm rather lucky, I've never been the subject of sexism, however I do argue points about equality constantly, with people giving equality lectures even. My favourite one being about manual handling, girls aren't allowed by law to lift as much as a guy, my argument is that all things being equal shouln't the guys maximum limit be lowered to the same as a girls so the same is expecte of the two?
What.Deshara said:
What? It's not sexism if it's against a guy? Do you have no balls, sir? Of course it's sexism if it's against men! That's like saying it's not racism if it's against whites, or saying it's not bigotry if it's against Christians. Feminists are just as sexist as Masculinists are.
Well Im a guy, but I do have to say that generalizations piss me off.
"All men are just dirty, brutish, and stupid."
"Fuck You! I shower more often then you do, I probably fight less too, and I'm smarter. But thanks for completely disvaluing my efforts to better myself beyond the point of being a simple caveman."
"All men are just dirty, brutish, and stupid."
"Fuck You! I shower more often then you do, I probably fight less too, and I'm smarter. But thanks for completely disvaluing my efforts to better myself beyond the point of being a simple caveman."
Once, for English, we had to do a presentation/performance on A Mid Summer Nights Dream. I made a little streamer wings (note: I'm a guy) and streamer hair, with a bulrush wand, a bow (like the type for presents), and a bag of fairy dust (chopped up plastic fluff) to dress up as one of the fairies. My performance was well rehearsed, not needing to refer to my script, and I only forgot one line . It was above what was specified. I got an 85%. Fair, maybe a little on the low side.
Now, this girl (who is a manipulative B****) goes up, in wings, with a script handed to the teacher (see, he allowed you to have something to fall back on, but this way he could tell what you knew and what you didn't) she got through 2, maybe 3 lines then forgot. She got some help. She had probably a quarter of the script read to her, then she bursts out crying. Never finished the presentation. She got the same mark as me.
W.T.F.
Now, this may not be sexist, could just be favoritism, but COME ON. I bet a guy couldn't have gotten away with crying like that.
Now, this girl (who is a manipulative B****) goes up, in wings, with a script handed to the teacher (see, he allowed you to have something to fall back on, but this way he could tell what you knew and what you didn't) she got through 2, maybe 3 lines then forgot. She got some help. She had probably a quarter of the script read to her, then she bursts out crying. Never finished the presentation. She got the same mark as me.
W.T.F.
Now, this may not be sexist, could just be favoritism, but COME ON. I bet a guy couldn't have gotten away with crying like that.
people have often accused me of feminine behaviour because im a good cook, can bake, and am capable of house work. not strictly sexist, but had a lot people question things like my sexuality because i can do these things, i usually tell them where they can shove it and quickly establish who is the dominate one in the conversation.
now for a an example with a real problem, one of my lectures in uni is a gun-ho feminist (all the women in the uni are feminists, but only a handful are bad, and not really that bad) but this one spent twenty fucking minutes talking about rapist, but instead of saying rapist she just said men, being one of only 3 guys in the class that day non of us dared say anything while she ranted away about our sex. shes a biased lecture aswel, no women can do wrong in her eyes, but a day so much as whispers in lectures she makes a great big song and dance about it
now for a an example with a real problem, one of my lectures in uni is a gun-ho feminist (all the women in the uni are feminists, but only a handful are bad, and not really that bad) but this one spent twenty fucking minutes talking about rapist, but instead of saying rapist she just said men, being one of only 3 guys in the class that day non of us dared say anything while she ranted away about our sex. shes a biased lecture aswel, no women can do wrong in her eyes, but a day so much as whispers in lectures she makes a great big song and dance about it
I'm not sure if this is sexist towards me but I got hit in the face by a girl during a martial arts class, later in a class at school some guys made fun of me after finding out it was from a girl.
One that's never effected me but I have seen a lot is, a wedding is the wife's day, no it's not it's about to people sharing everything from now on including decisions, so the husband should get his say in the wedding as well.
One that's never effected me but I have seen a lot is, a wedding is the wife's day, no it's not it's about to people sharing everything from now on including decisions, so the husband should get his say in the wedding as well.