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please do. I am sitting here trying to shove words of things that sound good to me right now in there, and it isn't quite working

rock, paper, vagina, taco, spock
rock, paper, vagina, chocolate, spock
rock, paper, vagina, cowboy, spock

sigh, this is hard.
Hhhmmm... I think only tacos or chocolate would beat vagina... and nothing in the last one... unless you just went with spock🤔🤣🤣 but then that goes against the other two🙈🙉🙊
 
I was gonna respond to all these but since it's all the same topic I'm just gonna respond to them as a whole. I actually know why there are all these "rules" about what "professionalalism" is and "professional" attir

And the answer is...drum roll please... (hold on let me find a gif)

It's because of white Supremacy and anti-Blackness.

Are those of you saying we should dress a certain way and what not racist? I hope not, probably not. But you (and I and most ppl) have been raised in this culture so there is a lot of internalized racism and anti-Blackness. Are you a bad person for thinking/judging what professional attire and what not? No! But you do have a lot of internal work to do. And SO DO I!

Same things with dresses, it's all a tool of the patriarchy! That we (women) have to dress a certain way TO APPEAL TO MEN...guess what? We don't have to do any of that. My existance is not to appeal to men (or anybody)...and just like that, we have to challenge what we think professionalism looks like. Because at the end of the day, professionalism is the skills and experience necessary to complete the job. Is not what I wear, it's not my hairdo etc.

And I'll prob get some eyerolls and pushback. That's ok. You can google this. I could find an article that talks about it but google is free 😁
I fucking love you
 
Well, actually, the patriarchy is all men. Including me. Whether I like it or not, I experience institutional privilege by virtue of being male. If you and I go out for dinner, more likely than not I'll be the one given the check. You may come from a more privileged background than me, and you may have a higher level of academic attainment than me, and you may have a greater salary level than me. But I have a penis, and the patriarchy means people tend to assume I'm in charge and have the money and authority in that situation.

I hate those assumptions as much as anyone, and as an individual I question and challenge them publicly. Doesn't change the fact that I benefit from it, whether I want to or not. But there will be an awful lot of men who walk serenely through life without even noticing consciously that they are benefiting from inherent patriarchal privilege, especially when it's outweighed by other factors (race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status etc). The patriarchy isn't the only status and privilege game in town.

Men can't help being part of the existing patriarchy, and men need to understand that. But men are also individuals who by their actions can either reinforce it or challenge it. That is where we get into 'Not All Men' territory.
I agree 100% with all this, I just had to point out the irony of you starting it with “Well, actually” - the hallmark of mansplaining 🤣
while i was a runaway/homeless 2017 to 2019 for 20 or so months i once extinguished the candles with mine (there's still the top to prove it (holes)) 🤪
Laughing at the way the candles were extinguished, not that you were homeless 😟
 
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