I recently moved to a new town.The things I've heard has me learning to curb my tongue lest....*curbs tongue*
1. I'm sitting with people who have known me forever discussing property and assets and handling my father's business. One quips you know you need to get married. So that you can let your husband be worrying about all these things.....
2. Planning my budget for my new house. Friend says don't overdo your house. You don't want men to think you are so settled and they will run away.....
3. A boy at school refuses to eat a particular type of biscuit because it's got pink cream inside and "pink is only girls"; which he isn't.......
4. The agent, caretaker, carpenter, electrician all call me "baby"....
5. Men get visibly upset and abusive when they see that the female driver they were trying to cut off actually knows how to handle her car. Or when they see it's a girl driving....
6. Being reminded that make-up is necessary, as are dresses, for coming to work so that I can (finally?) get a man......
Here's the thing, none of this has ever happened before. Yes, I did encounter ignant mysoginists before. But never on this scale. Workers knew their place. I was always just another driver. And friends never thought a husband was necessary to handle business.
There's is this twitter handle I started following some time ago - @everydaysexism. It chronicles the sexism still, strongly prevalent in the society. Some of it even I roll my eyes and go get over it. But there are so many that make me (righteously) angry. I think I should start contributing to it.
