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(#1) When Men Are Allowed To Scream, But Women Aren't Allowed To Cry
From Redditor IfWishezWereFishez:
"When I worked at a broadcasting company, we had two engineers, a man and a woman. It was an extremely stressful job. They were constantly getting yelled at by the higher ups if a signal went out or whatever.
When a stressful situation came up, the male engineer lashed out. He'd yell and kick things and throw things. Once, he threw a heavy office stapler and it narrowly missed hitting me in the head. He'd kick over trash cans, throw things on the ground, etc. This was just accepted as normal.
The female engineer was very level-headed. One time, the higher ups were just being relentlessly awful to her, so she excused herself to the bathroom with tears in her eyes, where she clearly went to cry.
For days, nearly everyone at the company was buzzing with gossip about her and how maybe she wasn't really up for the job, since she was clearly so 'emotional.' I was pretty shocked and kept bringing up the male engineer, but a lot of people were like, 'Oh, that's not being emotional though!' And I'd say, 'Anger is an emotion and he's like that nearly every day.' Then I'd get blank stares. It pissed me off soooo much."
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(#2) When Men Ask, "Is Your Male Co-Worker Here?"
From Redditor ninguen:
"I was working at a campus PC-room and one of the professors came with a problem and asked me, 'Is your male coworker here today?'
I said, 'No, he's not, but I can help you.'
He said, 'Well, I would rather speak to him, well, he's a man, he knows better...'
I said, 'I can really help you.'
He [replies], 'Do you really know about computers, you know, being a woman?'"
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(#3) When Men Label Women By Body Parts
From Redditor adagirlshel:
"I had a manager yell all the way across the shop, 'Hey you, with the vagina, well, I can't remember your name.' Classy."
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(#4) When Men Assume A Female Is Their Underling
From Redditor Unicorn_Swag:
"I work in tech support and have been here long enough that I lead my team and train up all our new hires. People reach out to me from around the world to get my opinions on things in our environment and I'm respected by a lot of people.
A guy (who I actually trained) referred to me as a secretary when he was asking me for help. He didn't get my help.
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(#5) When Men Say, "You Don't Count As A Woman"
From Redditor ladyintheatre:
"I had a coworker tell me that I didn't count as a woman and wasn't qualified to give a woman's perspective because I 'wasn't like other girls.'
... He literally told me I didn't count as a woman. Who knew men got to decide even that? I've got 30 years of experience on this earth as a woman and silly me, I thought that counted..."
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(#6) When Men Enforce A One-Sided Dress Code
From Redditor bubbles0luv:
"I was the first and only girl hire at a small start-up for a while and took a cue from my coworkers and generally wore jeans and a tee everyday, unless I had a client meeting or something like that. My bosses called me in at one point and said I needed to dress more "appropriately." I was the only one asked to do this."
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(#7) When Men Give Fitness Advice
From Redditor ghoulishgirl:
"I had a guy in my department tell me if I lost 20 pounds, my sales would go up. I was selling water heaters and water softeners."
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(#8) When Men Tell You To Just Find A Husband
From Redditor ali__cat:
"One guy asked me and the other female co-workers why we spent our time working in [the] lab when we could be going out to the bar and finding husbands."
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(#9) When Men Say, "Just Leave It To The Men-Folk"
From Redditor f*ck_pavlov:
"As a new hire at a district meeting, I was told by a male peer to 'just leave it to the men-folk!' It made for an interesting introduction."
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(#10) When Men Share Their Favorite Adult Sites
From Redditor koalierawr:
"I worked in construction for a couple months. The worst was my coworker telling me about all the prostitute sites he's been on and seeing if I'd be interested in something with him.
The worst part was once I put in my resignation, my manager declined the validity of my statement and [said] that even women ogle guys like Brad Pitt. And that he was sure all the guys considered me like a daughter. Then he gave me an awkward hug. I was so pissed. The owner gave me my two weeks off, paid."
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(#11) When Men Tell You To Use Sex Appeal
From Redditor veggietable:
"Client was always a jerk to me, clearly didn't like me. Coworker, who I have never even worked with before, says, 'Maybe next time he calls, try to make your voice sound sexier.'"
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(#12) When Men Start Mansplaining
From Redditor BUKKAKE08:
"I've been working at a fastfood sandwich shop for three years and guys STILL think I need sh*t explained to me.
Like wiping mayo on bread is something I need explained, over and over.
I have been here LONGER than a lot of the boys who do this to me. I am smiley and feminine, therefore I must not be able to do my job?"
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(#13) When Men Play Cubicle Psychologist
From Redditor firefawkes23:
"My old functional manager and my project manager more often attempt to help me 'manage my feelings' than they do for men I work with. This means I'm not given feedback as often or as completely, and people 'check in' on how I'm feeling about different tasks more often. If I express frustration - or even just state that there are or were difficulties - they treat my emotions as the issue, rather than my actual issue.
I know they're often trying to be helpful and considerate, but it means I have to police my demeanor pretty heavily to make sure I'm not conveying emotion so that we can focus on the task at hand. I do not want my emotions to be discussed or 'managed' by others, especially at work."
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(#14) When Men Create A Boys' Club
From Redditor ski_hye:
"I work in a large IT office and while the day-to-day is fine, there have been some issues I dealt with. One was a male manger who always took the guys on the team out for drinks and played golf on the weekends, but wouldn't do anything with the rest of the team. I can't prove it or anything, but I feel like it hurt my career a bit as I was not given opportunities the guys got..."
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(#15) When Men Use Nicknames
From Redditor smashe2ashes:
"I'm definitely hit on and called pet names a lot more than my male coworkers. I don't think they've ever been called 'sweetheart' more than once and [when they have,] it's from little old ladies 99% of the time."
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