The Women’s March organizers have called for a big strike today. Will it work?

[smilesammich 10,727]

14 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Its amazing to me that on this board such blatant sexist and prejudicial comments are allowed to be made. Not only am I deeply offended, I am devastated  that in the 21st century such gender bias and broad generalizations can occur.

Imagine the uproar if I had said that the "Majority" race people I had worked for were more professional, reliable, and more ethical and that minorities did not like working for Majority people, and that Majority people were harder workers.

 

 Such a broad stereotypical comment would cause an uproar , would it not. As it should.

 

I just may need therapy now. I am far to deviated to work the rest of the day

good point nb, the majority of minorities i've worked for were uh, well..can't add to this convo only been managed/owned by white males.

 

the real question is, when a woman or minority tells you their experience in the workplace/with management do you take what they're telling you as fact or with a grain of salt? just saying, there's no way a white male could know what it is to be a woman in the work force. they can only acknowlege others' experience. similarly -and i think we've had this argument before- you can't know what it is to be a minority in the work force.

 

you really shouldn't be so bummed about it though, at the end of the day - stereotypes are stereotypes and anecdotes are anecdotes.

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17 minutes ago, Boiler said:

I find in these circumstances a need to retreat to my safe space, what else can you do?

 

PS leave the lap top behind.

 

3 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Yes safe space.  I need one.. I feel uncontrollable crying coming on. reparations  perhaps. 

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4 minutes ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Yes safe space.  I need one.. I feel uncontrollable crying coming on. reparations  perhaps. 

Nothing can deal with the hurt, but reparations can not do any harm.

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2 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

good point nb, the majority of minorities i've worked for were uh, well..can't add to this convo only been managed/owned by white males.

 

the real question is, when a woman or minority tells you their experience in the workplace/with management do you take what they're telling you as fact or with a grain of salt? just saying, there's no way a white male could know what it is to be a woman in the work force. they can only acknowlege others' experience. similarly -and i think we've had this argument before- you can't know what it is to be a minority in the work force.

 

you really shouldn't be so bummed about it though, at the end of the day - stereotypes are stereotypes and anecdotes are anecdotes.

Pretty sure white males are a minority, times change.

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1 minute ago, smilesammich said:

good point nb, the majority of minorities i've worked for were uh, well..can't add to this convo only been managed/owned by white males.

 

the real question is, when a woman or minority tells you their experience in the workplace/with management do you take what they're telling you as fact or with a grain of salt? just saying, there's no way a white male could know what it is to be a woman in the work force. they can only acknowlege others' experience. similarly -and i think we've had this argument before- you can't know what it is to be a minority in the work force.

 

you really shouldn't be so bummed about it though, at the end of the day - stereotypes are stereotypes and anecdotes are anecdotes.

The last place I worked was run by Wimmens. It was brutal. Seriously the head Woman, had he little coven of women she had hired, friends, former co-workers etc. She actually hired a woman one time, and announced in a meeting. I like her cause she puts men in the place they belong.  They could do no wrong, got special benefits like paid for Health insurance. It was brutal 

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1 minute ago, Boiler said:

Pretty sure white males are a minority, times change.

not yet my dear, all in good time.

(i bet they'll still hold all the institutional power/wealth though)

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1 minute ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

The last place I worked was run by Wimmens. It was brutal. Seriously the head Woman, had he little coven of women she had hired, friends, former co-workers etc. She actually hired a woman one time, and announced in a meeting. I like her cause she puts men in the place they belong.  They could do no wrong, got special benefits like paid for Health insurance. It was brutal 

men hate working for wimmens, you might be biased  great idea NB!!!!

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1 minute ago, smilesammich said:

not yet my dear, all in good time.

(i bet they'll still hold all the institutional power/wealth though)

The last 2 Presidents are Orange and Black.

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Just now, Boiler said:

The last 2 Presidents are Orange and Black.

 i'm not talking figureheads (tho orange 54 has a spanking white admin/cab)

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2 minutes ago, smilesammich said:

men hate working for wimmens, you might be biased  great idea NB!!!!

I serve an Asian Slave lord. Trust me I bow to female authority 

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Just now, Nature Boy Flair said:

I serve an Asian Slave lord. Trust me I bow to female authority 

as you should.

[OriZ 3,157]

21 hours ago, Nature Boy Flair said:

Reminds me of a song I know...

 

 

 

3 hours ago, Boiler said:

 

LOL thanks for the laugh.

 

3 hours ago, bcking said:

My wife has mentioned that phenomena with assigning jobs to men all the time! She says at a meeting she always had to try to phrase it in such a way that the man thinks it was his idea. He is much more likely to do the job well when she does that.

 

Personally, I've worked for a female boss before and never had an issue doing anything she asked me to, as long as I thought it made sense

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So was the "day without women" a success or not?  From what I saw it was more hype than anything.

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I say yes.

 

A lot of piss taking and we do not have to suffer another one for a year.

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To determine the day's success, we need data on how many seats were put down and lifted back up.