We've all dealt with sexist people.
#41
I was a very naive teenager. Now that’s out of the way…
My mom, me, and my sister had a girl’s day. We got dressed up and had our pictures taken.
During dinner with my family that night my father asked me how my day was.
“The photographer told me I have bedroom eyes!” I said, thinking it was a compliment…not realizing the enormity of what this grown man told a 14 year old.
As an adult now I look back in disgust.
It is not a compliment to sexualize a child.
My mom, me, and my sister had a girl’s day. We got dressed up and had our pictures taken.
During dinner with my family that night my father asked me how my day was.
“The photographer told me I have bedroom eyes!” I said, thinking it was a compliment…not realizing the enormity of what this grown man told a 14 year old.
As an adult now I look back in disgust.
It is not a compliment to sexualize a child.
3points
#42
"I do."
2points
#43
I was at a grocery store with my dad, and this 18-ish cashier (so, like, 3 years older than me) was checking our food out, right? When my dad’s finished paying, this dude starts to hand us our grocery bags. I try to grab one and the dude shoved the bag away from me and said ‘your dad is the man, he can grab the bags’. Suffice to say, I grabbed all the grocery bags from my dad and carried all of them out to the car. F**k that cashier.
2points
#44
“Hi” jk, I’m 13 so if anyone had said anything sexy to me, I would’ve punched them very hard
2points
#45
Auto Shop class in high school. I couldn't find the battery in a car. Asked for help and got called a dumb blonde as the teacher looked under the hood to point it out to me. He couldn't find it either. Turns out it was in a compartment behind the passenger seat. When I complained to my counselor I was told to ignore it and they acted like it wasn't a big deal. Never went back to that class.
1point
#46
To me isn't something said, it's a tacit (unspoken agreement) that if a girl or woman does something; no matter how brilliant, how far reaching, how supportive, it's insulting to the patriarchy.
The story of women doing their best is told as:
The story of women doing their best is told as:
It's less that what a man could achieve, if he wasn't domineered by women who want to take his rightful place.
OMG take a look people at the women who've been side lined because to do something better than a man, was the worse insult a man could get.
He'd lose respect. He'd be a girl. He'd get told 'My daughter is better than you'.
It insults us all in its stupidity.
It's stupid stupid sexism.
1point
#47
When I was little, mom made me a cup of health drink. My grandma tried to stop her from doing so because I'm a girl, and according to her girls don't need anything like that. Health drinks are meant for boys.
I've heard lots and lots of sexist remarks till date, but that one got etched on my mind.
1point
#48
"Do you want to do some more 'girly' shopping?"- random old man to his wife
-1point