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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OMG.  Pull a Chastity Bono and become a man already.  I'm perfectly happy with my female privileges and have no problem getting corporate jobs in a male dominated industry.

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Using those female privileges to sleep your way to the top doesn't count.[/quote]

I've never slept with anyone that I've worked with.  Honestly, I've never felt sexism at work.  I do my job, I do it well.  I'm not dramatic and to the point.

But here are some female privileges:

1) When we do chose to stay at home with kids, we are not looked down on as being a sissy.  Stay at home dads face a lot of criticism.
[b][i]Most women do not have the financial option of staying home. If they do, it's because they can't find reliable, cost-effective daycare[/i][/b]

2) We can take maternity leave.  Yes I know a lot of you have issues with maternity leave, but fathers do not always get to take leave and when some of them do, they are looked down on.
[b][i]Most women cannot afford to take maternity leave.[/i][/b]

3) We are not assumed to be gay or labeled a metro-sexual because we care about our appearance.
[b][i]When women do not groom themselves or look a certain way, they can be fired from their jobs.[/i]
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4) Men face similar gender work issues when they choose a female dominated career: nurse, teacher, anything to do with dance and arts.  Again, they can chose these fields, but get labeled as a homosexual, or at very least are not considered to be masculine.
[b][i]Women who go into traditionally male jobs, like construction or contracting or even the military, are considered to be gay.[/i][/b]

5) No one can trap me into becoming a parent.  I have the right to chose.  Men do not.
[b][i]Access to reliable birth control and abortion for women is problematic. Expensive in the case of birth control; abortion providers are few and far between in many states.[/i][/b]

In any case, I’m completely happy with my gender and the privileges that come with it.  You won’t find any “men have it easier” bitching from me, as there are two sides to every story and I like to look at both.
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[i]Just because there are two sides (or more) to every story doesn't mean that there isn't an injustice. There were two sides to slavery, too.[/i][/b]
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Sadly, a lot of what the bolded responder pointed out only apply to low-income women. Educated, middle class and beyond women don't face a lot of these issues. Totally agree, it sucks to be a poor woman in this and any country.[/quote]

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