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Sympthsical

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13. #MeToo was a fool's errand

Wed Jul 14, 2021, 10:49 AM

Jul 2021

It mattered for like a day. Actors wore ribbons. It was super important! Didn't you see them at award shows signaling to you how much they cared?!

And then it all stopped. They lasted an awards show season. What more could you possibly ask?

I am fortunate to work with strong women. My corporate boss is a woman. The people under me are women. They catch a lot of this shit. I would, too. But as soon as I start composing the email, no, I already have three emails. They got it.

I'm just tired of virtue signalling. Oh, you all got it? It's all ok now? I didn't know! Thank god Twitter fixed this.

As an HR manager, so frustrated about all of it.

But we do what we can.

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Profound malaise Jul 2021 #1

Yes it is. NT enough Jul 2021 #2

It's worth the click to read her edits. They are powerful! CrispyQ Jul 2021 #3

Absolutely spot on! niyad Jul 2021 #4

Very good points! Thanks flying_wahini Jul 2021 #5

Excellent. sinkingfeeling Jul 2021 #6

k and R riversedge Jul 2021 #7

You got it. K/R appalachiablue Jul 2021 #8

K&R Solly Mack Jul 2021 #9

Wow, I hadn't thought of it that way PatSeg Jul 2021 #10

Exactly! It's always our problem! LittleGirl Jul 2021 #12

Women take most of the blame and pay most of the price PatSeg Jul 2021 #17

I'm getting really tired of the headlines LittleGirl Jul 2021 #18

It starts when they are young PatSeg Jul 2021 #19

"self-centered jerks who think the world revolves around them and their wants and needs" KS Toronado Jul 2021 #22

Then they wonder why their wife leaves them PatSeg Jul 2021 #28

I did my part too. Raising a good son. calimary Jul 2021 #29

Hey, that sounds like MY son you're talking about! :) PatSeg Jul 2021 #30

We're just lucky, I guess! calimary Jul 2021 #46

My daughter was pretty easy when she was young PatSeg Jul 2021 #51

Interestingly dianaredwing Jul 2021 #41

Rules of misogyny Ellen Forradalom Jul 2021 #32

Wow, that cut to the bone PatSeg Jul 2021 #33

Reminds me of something I read wnylib Jul 2021 #45

Apparently, it took a woman's perspective PatSeg Jul 2021 #49

Wow... What woman hasn't experienced this.. and yet it still hits so hard chia Jul 2021 #48

Here you go Ellen Forradalom Jul 2021 #54

Thanks. Second link from Twitter - good lord.. the tweets following re: why patriarchy is good and chia Jul 2021 #55

I was speaking with a sibling about an old family story about a malaise Jul 2021 #44

Like she cast some evil female spell on him PatSeg Jul 2021 #50

I don't care how women are malaise Jul 2021 #52

Yes, it shows a lack of integrity and character PatSeg Jul 2021 #53

I have been screaming this for a decade! LittleGirl Jul 2021 #11

#MeToo was a fool's errand Sympthsical Jul 2021 #13

Hell yes! Borchkins Jul 2021 #14

The Guardian is a good paper. That does not make it a perfect paper. malthaussen Jul 2021 #15

K&R smirkymonkey Jul 2021 #16

What a difference words make, excellent article PoliWrangler Jul 2021 #20

Fantastic seta1950 Jul 2021 #21

WaPo last week had a similar article about a "woman's issue" Warpy Jul 2021 #23

"Why are you... Whatthe_Firetruck Jul 2021 #40

Hell to the YES! sarchasm Jul 2021 #24

A great example of a rewrite exercise I had my students do in order to understand "agency." ancianita Jul 2021 #25

Wow cate94 Jul 2021 #26

Absolutely excellent! Wild blueberry Jul 2021 #27

DURec leftstreet Jul 2021 #31

K&R! chowder66 Jul 2021 #34

Great point! Btw, we moms of boys... Duppers Jul 2021 #35

Fathers too TexasBushwhacker Jul 2021 #37

Moms have taught that for thousands of years Warpy Jul 2021 #42

K & R BadgerMom Jul 2021 #36

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Case and point! Percy Jul 2021 #39

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