Being the only member of any given marginalized group in a room full of people can be stressful. You might feel outnumbered like the world is against you. This can be especially true in the workplace. If you’re part of a team where you’re the only one of a marginalized identity, then you might face …
Seguir leyendo ‘Yeah, then go and cry about it’: Female developer snaps back at male coworker who verbally attacks her
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26-year-old employee faces pushback after refusing HR request to teach coworker in 40s emotional intelligence: ‘I don’t want to deal alone with his outbursts’
Not everybody likes to acknowledge it, but being a good team player is something that usually makes most jobs a heck of a lot easier. You can have the most indispensable skillset in the whole of your workplace, but if you are not a reasonable person to work with, it is likely that you will …
Seguir leyendo 26-year-old employee faces pushback after refusing HR request to teach coworker in 40s emotional intelligence: ‘I don’t want to deal alone with his outbursts’
24-year-old gets chastised by boss for calling out mansplaining colleague interrupting her presentation: ‘When I stand up for myself, I’m creating drama’
It is an unfortunate truth that even in this day and age, there can be specific difficulties with being a woman in the workplace. While the ideologically brainwashed tradwives of the world may be wrong in their belief that a woman’s only place is the home, the observation that an office can be an uncomfortable …
Seguir leyendo 24-year-old gets chastised by boss for calling out mansplaining colleague interrupting her presentation: ‘When I stand up for myself, I’m creating drama’
‘Men, this is called anxiety’: Guy gets roasted for claiming he performs ‘risk assessments’ whenever he goes out with his wife
Everybody has a basic right to feel safe in their environment, but not everybody feels like this happens easily. The truth is, there isn’t one person on this earth who doesn’t expose themselves to some kind of risk when they venture outside of their house. There is nothing more dangerous than being alive, and there …
Seguir leyendo ‘Men, this is called anxiety’: Guy gets roasted for claiming he performs ‘risk assessments’ whenever he goes out with his wife
Woman gets roasted for having male guest to her apartment, criticizing him for complimenting her furnishings: ‘Dudes need a mommy to take care of them their whole lives’
I have long reviled the commonly uttered sentence «it’s not that deep». It is the kind of thing that people say when somebody else says something that comes dangerously close to the kind of critical thinking that might make them question things that they don’t want to question, and besides, almost everything is deep in …
Seguir leyendo Woman gets roasted for having male guest to her apartment, criticizing him for complimenting her furnishings: ‘Dudes need a mommy to take care of them their whole lives’
Entitled customer provokes discourse pleading to be able to choose the gender of her Instacart shopper: ‘Go shop for yourself’
What is the price that we should pay for not having to do basic chores ourselves? If the army of apps on many phones is anything to go by, this should only be monetary. In countries like the USA, we live in an age of ultimate convenience so long as we have the cash for …
Seguir leyendo Entitled customer provokes discourse pleading to be able to choose the gender of her Instacart shopper: ‘Go shop for yourself’
Entitled customer provokes discourse by pleading to be able to choose the gender of her Instacart shopper: ‘Go shop for yourself’
What is the price that we should pay for not having to do basic chores ourselves? If the army of apps on many phones is anything to go by, this should only be monetary. In countries like the USA, we live in an age of ultimate convenience so long as we have the cash for …
Seguir leyendo Entitled customer provokes discourse by pleading to be able to choose the gender of her Instacart shopper: ‘Go shop for yourself’
Mansplainer legal advisor quotes female’s lawyer’s own work to her without knowing, gets angry when she reveals the truth: ‘He explained all of it to me in details, like I was a first year law student’
Mansplaining is a new-ish term for a phenomenon that’s been happening I’m sure since the dawn of time. A woman trots along, minding her business, engaging in an activity she probably knows a thing or two about. Then bam, there’s a man beside her saying, «Well, actually…» or «You should really try…» or «Common mistake …
Seguir leyendo Mansplainer legal advisor quotes female’s lawyer’s own work to her without knowing, gets angry when she reveals the truth: ‘He explained all of it to me in details, like I was a first year law student’
Woman causes controversy complaining about male food delivery drivers who deliver under female profiles: ‘If you are so worried about people knowing your address, then pick up your own food’
Food delivery apps have been a controversial social media topic for some time now, and it doesn’t take much for the discourse surrounding them to heat up again. There is nothing like the price that is paid for such luxuries to get many feeling emotional. This week’s episode has come in the form of fake …
Seguir leyendo Woman causes controversy complaining about male food delivery drivers who deliver under female profiles: ‘If you are so worried about people knowing your address, then pick up your own food’
Snobby stepmom is ‘embarrassed’ by 12-year-old stepdaughter’s nonconformist habits, refuses to take her to the mall: ‘You couldn’t possibly come off as more condescending’
Everyone is allowed to have their own preferences, and that includes physical appearance. It means something different to everyone. Some people put a lot of stock into what they look like, and take immense pride in it. And for some situations and jobs, this is important. There are still plenty of pockets of society where …
Seguir leyendo Snobby stepmom is ‘embarrassed’ by 12-year-old stepdaughter’s nonconformist habits, refuses to take her to the mall: ‘You couldn’t possibly come off as more condescending’