I got to spread a lesson of acceptance last night and it felt really nice.
My sister was frustrated because out of the 3 women who work in her office she is the only one who holds egalitarian views. Both the other girls, who are about 8-10 years younger than her, will let their boss get away with sexist comments and sexual harassment all the time, while my sister doesn't stand for that s***. The thing that really set her off was a discussion about a 13 year old girl who claimed she was raped by a camp councilor. Both the other girls instantly sided with the guy, saying that the girl had a history of being "that kind of girl" and that she was just saying this to cover her back . . . etc. etc. There was a big argument where my sister felt like she was the only arguing that it's not fair to automatically discount the girl's side of the story.
She was complaining to me about this last night and I told her "you can either go forward from this situation seeing your office as a sort of arena where you are pitted against these opposing views in an adversarial way OR you can see this as an opportunity to provide these young women with a positive role model by simply being yourself and giving them something to think about." That really cheered her up and she told me that that was a much better idea than her planned passive-aggressive war
My sister was frustrated because out of the 3 women who work in her office she is the only one who holds egalitarian views. Both the other girls, who are about 8-10 years younger than her, will let their boss get away with sexist comments and sexual harassment all the time, while my sister doesn't stand for that s***. The thing that really set her off was a discussion about a 13 year old girl who claimed she was raped by a camp councilor. Both the other girls instantly sided with the guy, saying that the girl had a history of being "that kind of girl" and that she was just saying this to cover her back . . . etc. etc. There was a big argument where my sister felt like she was the only arguing that it's not fair to automatically discount the girl's side of the story.
She was complaining to me about this last night and I told her "you can either go forward from this situation seeing your office as a sort of arena where you are pitted against these opposing views in an adversarial way OR you can see this as an opportunity to provide these young women with a positive role model by simply being yourself and giving them something to think about." That really cheered her up and she told me that that was a much better idea than her planned passive-aggressive war
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