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merrily

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5. Women of all orientations were given that excuse forever, even when they were single moms or

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Reply #2)

Mon May 12, 2014, 04:58 PM

May 2014

the sole support of other relatives.

I knew a woman who was supporting her divorced (or widowed--I've forgotten which) sister and her sister's child. She was given the excuse that she did not have a family to support. She responded by citing her sister and nephew, but it didn't matter. The real reason was that she wasn't a male. For that matter, single men got more money than she did.

It wasn't as though they asked anyone how many people they were supporting before they figured raises. They just gave the men more, period.

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For you people who claim privilege isn't real [View all] Lee-Lee May 2014 OP

I agree privilege is real. However, why do you put your race down when job-hunting? merrily May 2014 #1

If it's on the form, I fill it in Lee-Lee May 2014 #3

I have never seen it on a job application; and it's not on my driver's license. merrily May 2014 #4

The claim is they get it for "statistical purposes" Lee-Lee May 2014 #7

You should have heard me trying to get out of giving my race during a phone survey. merrily May 2014 #10

All types are quite real. Behind the Aegis May 2014 #2

Women of all orientations were given that excuse forever, even when they were single moms or merrily May 2014 #5

Lily Tomlin in "9 to 5" Behind the Aegis May 2014 #6

I agree. As you said, though, there are all kinds of privilege. merrily May 2014 #8

"though it's more underground now " Behind the Aegis May 2014 #9

No, not always--and not in the same ways. merrily May 2014 #11

Yes, there is quite a bit of bigotry out there. Behind the Aegis May 2014 #14

Agree. I am totally out of patience with the competition. merrily May 2014 #15

P.S. I don't believe that anyone who has ever been discriminated against for any reason that merrily May 2014 #12

Well, denial can be a strong thing in some. Behind the Aegis May 2014 #13

As stated, not everyone suffered historically in the same way or to the same degree. merrily May 2014 #16