You were absolutely right to say that and I hope she learned from it.

And that women can't be sexist. 🙄

Which leads as adults to shaming/hating victims who complain and/or report abuse (in work environnement / in relationships / in families / and sexual abuse obviously)

It’s sad that way too many people don’t get this...

Stupid ass gender roles. It is called life skills and everyone should have them!

Poor person steals a little = prison sentence. Rich person steals a lot = slap on wrist

Yeah, this is awful. I dont pick up things in my head very quickly. Sometimes it seems that I'm quite dense and I may ask questions with obvious answers that aren't obvious to me. Not trying to be difficult, Im trying to be sure I have a grasp on the idea before I execute the action.

Yep! What infuriates me the most is the term "government funded." There's no such thing. It's taxpayers money... OUR money, so yes it does matter what they do with it.

Yep, in the U.S., it's usually guys that do the repair work on cars. Not saying it's right, but that that's how it is. And I think women can be great mechanics. I guess they aren't taught about it. I think that if you're going to drive, you should have to take a mandatory class on basic vehicle care and maintenance. Everyone.

Yes it super weird and unnatural to not contribute to the overpopulation of the planet. Have fun creating generations of humans who are only going to suffer as they run out of resources and the planet becomes uninhabitable.

During 2020, the constant refrain from the management was "DON'T COME TO WORK IF YOU'RE SICK", but they never expanded the extremely limited number of sick days we could take.

Same with every professional meeting ...

I was in a workplace years ago where smokers had extra 10 minutes of break to smoke! But the non smokers had to return to their work! Of course many of us pretended to smoke!

Your kid is everything to you, they will remember it for the rest of their life. What a random POS thinks about you is completely irrelevant.

And so many people think that the way to be anti-racist is to attack their like-minded peers over trivia, and ignore the real racists. F*****g weenies, all of them, going after the safe and easy targets while congratulating themselves for being "activists", and ignoring the real problem.

people like to see gay men as feminin a therefor not being misogynistic. same go for any an all non binary, people are people and sometimes ass-holes no matter the gender and sexual tendencies

These are two different problems that can exist in parallel

Wrong work enviroment, wrong coworkers.

In Australia they reduced the legal drinking age from 21 to 18 during the Vietnam war. The reason being, if you are old enough to fight, you are old enough to drink. Makes sense.

Sadly there’s still a stigma attached to video games, despite them being challenging, a big creator of jobs and a proven way to improve mental health

“For those who believe, no proof is necessary. For those who don't believe, no proof is possible.” ― Stuart Chase

Yeah...a good leader will 1) Lead by example and 2) Never tell someone to do something they aren't willing to do themselves.

That's because society values the masculine more than the feminine. Females who emulate masculine behavior are seen as trying to move up on society's hierarchy, males who are feminine are seen as less than.

Yeah, single folk shouldn't have to suck it up and take the crap just because they are single/childless. They still have lives and families. Just because they haven't produced crotch goblins doesn't mean they don't have things they need to care for or just want to do.

Because, in the cotton wool world that we have created, we have conditioned ourselves into believing that any man who wants to care for children that aren't his is a pedophile

You should say it not just think it. And when they say "Wow that's inapopriate" just say "Yeah that's true, commenting on people's weight IS inaporpriate, i'm happy your realise it"

Believe me it is extremely normal for people to comment on overweight people as well. They are both common and wrong. As a disabled woman who should lose about 10kg (so not morbidly obese) most my doctors ignore my illneses and just tell me to lose weight and exercise. They dont care that exercising will make my condition worse or that I was fit and skinny before i became ill

Don't even get me started on 'you don't look sick'...

My mom taught me to say back, "Why're you so rude?"

Sometimes - *not all the time* - but sometimes overweight people saying that are saying it because of envy. They probably wish they were skinnier. Still doesn't excuse the outright comment on your body shape.

My Mother taught me that "skinny" hurts as much as "fat". Just don't comment on a person's weight. And, seriously, don't touch thin people! Stop pinching my arms and saying how skinny I am. Why does this happen?

I think it's offensive to assume that if someone is very thin that they are vain and want to be that thin. As op stated, they might have a medical problem and they would like to be able to gain weight. It's rude to judge another person about their weight.

Had a coworker that approached me saying her doctor told her she had to gain weight if she wanted to get pregnant. She asked what she could eat to gain weight. I told her but then asked her why she approached me. Was it because I was fat? She said "No..but I know you are trying to lose weight and watch your calorie count carefully. I figured you would have more knowledge about how to do it in a healthy manner as opposed to the other ladies around here that tear apart a birthday cake like wolves to the kill." I can respect that.

I used to have an eating disorder Weigh in a 90lbs. After I met my husband at 134 lbs I found out being bigger was okay. I feel for both. Just don't. Don't let others put you down cause they suck at life. Just don't. Be you. Eating disorder or not. Be you. Fk em.

My husband is the same way, he is soooo skinny but it is his metabolism. He can eat anything and it just never stays on his body. It actually makes him quite upset for this same reason that people wonder what is wrong with him.

Same thing sometimes happens with height -- 'you're so tall,' but the tall person shouldn't say, 'you're so short.' I'm taller than the average woman, and hear the you're so tall...chuckle, chuckle a lot. I started saying you're so short, and it immediately changed the short person's demeanor.

Yeah, I feel you. People just assume you're on a diet and laugh or express mock pity at your eating habits when in fact you cannot help being thin due to a digestive condition that you don't feel like discussing in public.

I've been both side of the weight spectrum and I can honestly say I had just as much grief for being slightly underweight as slightly overweight. I cba anymore. What really bothers me is when people think I've always been overweight because they hadn't known me when I was younger. Someone I've never tried hula hooping when I had already stated it had been a while but I used to be good. There's a word to describe that situation but I can't remember if it's gatekeeping or something else.

Pretty sure most fat people commenting on how skinny someone is are envious that someone is thin. Also pretty sure the skinny person commenting back does not want to be fat.

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Someone asks why I'm so skinny, I tell them it's because I don't wanna be a fat,sweaty lardass like them.

Should be "nature scouts" and "craft scouts" not "gender scouts"

Double standards abound, covering a plethora of situations

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I am a woman and believe in true equal rights. If a woman hits a man, he should 100% be able to defend himself and hit her back. Woman should not get p u s s y passes just for being a woman - we also need to learn how to act right.

wait why?

There's always - always - a first impression. The trick is to also wait for a second impression, possibly a third, and then draw your conclusions :)

If *everyone* treats you this way... there are a few things you can do. First, you need to stop and understand what the word "opinion" means. "I hate raisins in cookies" is an opinion. "the world is flat" is NOT an opinion, it is a falsehood that defies facts and reality. Second, you should stop and think "is this an educated opinion", i.e. do you have any actual evidence to back it up, or do you just "feel" that this is the right opinion. Thirdly, you need to consider that maybe your opinion just sucks and is offensive, and people are in no way obligated to listen to you insult their values. Finally, if you determine that yes, it is actually an opinion, and yes you have evidence to back it up, and no you are not being a jerk... well then it is time to get new friends, because these ones don't respect you.

Compare the media wording when it comes to child sexual abuse. Man rapes a girl, it's rightfully referred to as rape. But a woman rapes a boy? It's just sex. No crime here. "Teacher has sex with her five year old student." Hell, one little boy was even sued for child support after his rapist fell pregnant.

focus in looks is a bigger problem...being pretty shouldn't be the stick to measure your worth

Your company is also liable if you get hurt. They're probably forced to based on osha rules/insurance.

The fact is, that some people will disapprove if you display emotions, and some people will disapprove of you if you don't.

Well, of course!! What do you want? To be killed by 5g? Fairies can bring the signal

That's when you give a warning that it's light contact. If they go to rough again, lay them out.

Ask a male nurse