More men need to be angry at how we treat women. And not just because of the unfairness but how it also demeans men. Male culture focuses on competition, strength, and integrity and then sets about removing the exemplars of those qualities from the playing board.
The patriarchy harms us all, and this is just one more example. Men, amplify this and other perspectives so we can all build a better world together. Also, hold men accountable. Period.
I've started & stopped writing on this 10x already across the last hour or two. Write some, edit some, erase all, write some, erase, edit...write.
I know the horrific workplace behavior between men & women happens a LOT - especially across the array of different kinds of offices & types of businesses. It's awful & men up & down the line NEED to be better!
But, only once have I seen that kind of behavior with my own eyes, Amber.
It is somewhat shocking considering I've spent almost my entire career in corporate media, media sales & marketing. For as much as I might lambast the people I've worked with & for on other matters, those people were largely inclusive of genders & races, thoughts & ideas.
That one time was when a colleague, the morning after Oprah won her lifetime achievement Golden Globe Award in 2018, suggested that if Oprah was in front of him, he'd try to injure her or worse. As a non-management colleague, I checked him on how horrific what he just said was. I don't know if management ever spoke with him, but they tried to speak with me about it. As I saw it, I was doing their job(s) because they said nothing in the moment. I still feel that way. I've never been in a managerial or hiring capacity, so I've never been able to impact change in that way.
As for the what you shared on Threads last week re: that TikTok clip, I was ENTIRELY naive of what happened during Katrina in this country & even more naive of what was going on with international disaster relief scenes. I've been engaged in global aid at some level or other since the age of 15; beginning with launching my suburban Dallas high school's Amnesty International chapter in 1987. I was involved with them the next 5-6 years locally, regionally, nationally & internationally...which led me to learn more about groups Doctors Without Borders as early as age 18. So, I have *some* understanding of a wider world beyond our shores.
Like you, I don't know how to start to fix how this world is; but, I will continue to do what I am able to try to make positive change for women in this world.
More men need to be angry at how we treat women. And not just because of the unfairness but how it also demeans men. Male culture focuses on competition, strength, and integrity and then sets about removing the exemplars of those qualities from the playing board.
Well f ing said.
Also, water’s wet.
The patriarchy harms us all, and this is just one more example. Men, amplify this and other perspectives so we can all build a better world together. Also, hold men accountable. Period.
I've started & stopped writing on this 10x already across the last hour or two. Write some, edit some, erase all, write some, erase, edit...write.
I know the horrific workplace behavior between men & women happens a LOT - especially across the array of different kinds of offices & types of businesses. It's awful & men up & down the line NEED to be better!
But, only once have I seen that kind of behavior with my own eyes, Amber.
It is somewhat shocking considering I've spent almost my entire career in corporate media, media sales & marketing. For as much as I might lambast the people I've worked with & for on other matters, those people were largely inclusive of genders & races, thoughts & ideas.
That one time was when a colleague, the morning after Oprah won her lifetime achievement Golden Globe Award in 2018, suggested that if Oprah was in front of him, he'd try to injure her or worse. As a non-management colleague, I checked him on how horrific what he just said was. I don't know if management ever spoke with him, but they tried to speak with me about it. As I saw it, I was doing their job(s) because they said nothing in the moment. I still feel that way. I've never been in a managerial or hiring capacity, so I've never been able to impact change in that way.
As for the what you shared on Threads last week re: that TikTok clip, I was ENTIRELY naive of what happened during Katrina in this country & even more naive of what was going on with international disaster relief scenes. I've been engaged in global aid at some level or other since the age of 15; beginning with launching my suburban Dallas high school's Amnesty International chapter in 1987. I was involved with them the next 5-6 years locally, regionally, nationally & internationally...which led me to learn more about groups Doctors Without Borders as early as age 18. So, I have *some* understanding of a wider world beyond our shores.
Like you, I don't know how to start to fix how this world is; but, I will continue to do what I am able to try to make positive change for women in this world.
What the fuck is this shit? I didn’t even read and I’m mad as fuck! 🤬
lol… just kidding.
It’s a good point because it’s true. Why do men get away with the shit they do? Because other men allow it that’s why!
Worlds a bunch of cowards! That is really why.
Pathetic losers with fragile egos.