#male-dominated industries

[storytimewithsophie]

Gender

This is a little story about gender and the biases that people have. I identify as female and work in a male-dominated industry. I've constantly been compared to the men in my field and feel like I need to prove myself every time I have the chance.

I remember one of my teachers, someone who was supposed to support me, telling me that I needed to go find a boy to help me carry something. I looked him straight in the eye and picked up two of the things I supposedly needed help with. Why is it that as a woman I am constantly being undervalued and underestimated? One of my bosses had told me that I was lucky that he let me be where I was because when he was my age, women were only doing the easy small jobs.

It's not just in my line of work, it is in my everyday life too. I was working on a wood project with my dad and me being inexperienced, messed up a few of the screws. Someone I knew at the time looked at me and said "Well you're a girl, of course, you would mess it up. This is a man's job." I tried to just laugh it off, not even understanding how to defend myself or why they said that in the first place. It takes a lot to make me angry and that night I was furious. I remember crying to my parents about how upset I was. My gender has nothing to do with my abilities and skills as a person.

My gender has nothing to do with my skills and abilities.

[sydmarch]

WAIT it just occurred to me. evrart constantly ignoring when kim tries to chime in on the conversations & focusing completely on harry is exactly the same as how in my one sales job we were trained to do everything possible to not let the guys talk to their wives lmaoooo

[halseygray]

no one wants to see your “pro-halsey take” if in the next sentence you’re talking shit about other female artists… girl shut the fuck up

[jess-frances-b]

I've been wondering about why I'm so bothered about the music industry being so male-dominated even today and I realised: It's because it makes it look like women are less musically talented than men are. I mean, the majority of female pop groups and solo artists have their music written for them by men, they're just the ones performing it. A lot of bands with female singers have no other female members, and the singers don't usually play their own instruments. That's not to say that women who only sing or perform songs written for them should be looked down on, I just wish there was more representation for all kinds of skills in music and performance.

[number1girl]

my boss is abusive like straight up <3 <3 <3 not even in a "donate to my gofundme to help me escape an abusive living situation and by that i mean my roommate asked me to do the dishes" type of way. like i am literally trapped in the cycle of build up explosive incident honeymoon phase

[getinthefuckingcarkitten]

Averycore

[axolotlclown]

Listening to women right now is very important. We are witnessing other women step forward and speak about their experiences with Wilbur. As men, we need to be listening, because it's never just one woman.

However, we also must not forget the value of our voices. We as men need to step up and say that this behavior is unacceptable. We need to talk about it. We need to call out our friends and our brothers for this behavior.

Men that hurt women will not listen to women, but they will listen to men. If we truly want to support women right now, we need to be vocal about our support. We need to show up and acknowledge the reality—Shubble is not the only woman that has experienced this kind of abuse.

There are many women in our personal lives that experience this abuse. Abusers could be our closest friends, family, mentors, and leaders. We cannot let our guard down. We cannot sacrifice our morals to keep the peace. We must remain vocal. This behavior cannot be socially acceptable.

We say that we support women. We say that we will support domestic violence survivors. But when the abuse is staring you in the eyes, we remain complacent. This is not acceptable.

[lilgynt]

one thing that gets me about the barbie movie is like. they have a scene where the women who played with barbie honestly don’t remember her name was explaining barbie who cares if this guy likes you he stole ur home ruined barbie land and is awful and barbie’s like oh right fuck him i don’t need to comfort him or worry about his feelings then immediately comforted him and walked him through his feelings

[scattered-winter]

ask me about a celebrity and i will have no idea who tf you're talking about but ask me my opinions on movie score composers and i will be pulling up my powerpoint

[meanwhileatzafiros]

Ok but Omega in the scene when they first found the Zillo beast

She was shaking, she was terrified

She still was steady enough to draw and fire her bow

They’re turning her into a soldier like them

I dunno why but it makes me kinda happy that like

They’re a family teaching her to protect herself and keep a level head

But they’re still trying to let her be a kid

Like don’t get me wrong their parenting skills are abismal

But they are still teaching her what they know

And not like treating her like a porcelain doll that can’t do anything

I think that’s neat

[icehot13]

Ok so we got knives as the company Christmas present this year and everyone is standing around in the elevator lobby and the foreman goes ".... knife fight?" And then we get in the elevator and someone else says "... ELEVATOR knife fight?"

We go up a floor then pick up other guys, and one of them goes "knife fight in the parking garage?"

Good to know everyone's on the same wavelength

[eneabastianini]

The disrespect...

[beetchboye]

the new album better have at least one cute bubblegum pop song that has silly goofy choreo the album is all about their journey as babymetal and if i dont see At Least One Song embracing and celebrating the girly youthfulness and excitement that set them apart from other metal acts im gonna cry

[songtwo]

it's been one week and im still processing what it was like being a Journalist for real and being in the same place for the same reason as people from radio stations and magazines i listen to/read etc . my proudest moment from my life so far i think :')

[ceaselessbasher]

You ever want to grab someone by the shoulders but also not because you don't want to initiate physical contact or get anywhere close to them and say,

"In what part of your teensy shit brain did you think it was fine to call a complete stranger "beautiful blonde" in a professional environment when they were only doing their job???? And should I mention that they are very clearly in the low half of their twenties, and you are probably scratching 60?????"

[muserepeats]

🥷🌞😘

Thanks, dearie!

🥷 - Tell me a secret.

Um, I worked as a stripper in my early 20s. I retired when I very dramatically threw my patent leather platform heels into the river. (Sorry, I know - bad for the environment. Forgive me!) The guy I was dating at the time was in a band, and they wrote a song about it.

🌞 - Tell me about your worst sunburn. (Reminder to wear sunscreen!)

I went to Sanibel Island with my best friend in middle school and her mom forgot to reapply sunscreen. We were at the beach the entire day, but I was in SO much pain for the following week. I shed multiple layers of skin, I swear.

😘 - So, do you have a crush on anyone? (Friend crush or romantic crushes are fine.) Besides you? 😆 Yes, I definitely have some friend crushes but I'm too shy to share.