Thinking more about it, I can't say I experience sexism at my job. I'm sort of watchful, being an ultra-feminist. There's another manager (male) who's at an equal level to me, and I've been going through this phase of carving out my territory and responsibilites. In a way it's sort of an alpha dog fight. But no real problems as yet.
I worked at a carpentry shop, before dd was born, where I was the first woman to ever work there. My big complaint about it was that I was forced to quit when I got pregnant, which I found out later is illegal. The deal was that I couldn't physically do the job anymore, but I didn't know that I was legally entitled to a job there which I coud physically do while pg. I loved that job, so I was bitter about it for awhile.
Oh yeah, and a few years later, when talking to this old boss, he had the nerve to say, "You were the first woman I ever hired, and what did you do, you went and got pregnant, like a typical woman." (
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OK, I'm over it, really. I just need to vent about that every now and then.
And the I should sweep the job site b/c I should know how.
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