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My friend sent me the above photo this morning as I was trudging into a WeWork to do low-impact, moderate-quality white-collar bullshit. It’s of a new hire on her first day.
When my friend sent it to me, she — who has two sons — wrote “If I had a daughter, I’d be so sad for her, because you know this first day is full of hope and promise, and within weeks she’s going to get harassed, be beaten down by corporate existence, feel like an impostor, feel like a fraud, be snickered about, and all the rest.”
I wrote back: “Yea, in the name of small dick justification and 55 cents at the margin.”
Work is brutal. Some have called it “shockingly inhumane.” It’s often far worse for women. They can go from hope to despair in about four weeks after taking a job.
Now look, I ain’t saying that work is better when it’s run by females — although research says it might be — because some women are legit tyrants in their own right. But I’d also say my friend’s initial text isn’t super far off. It’s harder out there for a woman, and God forbid they want to chase a child someday — then the assumptive branding shall begin.
Big fan of new definitions of masculinity, personally. What’s funny is I often get piped on Twitter for being “a toxic male,” when in reality I’m moreso a semi-toxic male who periodically…
