Many generation Y'ers and whatever hip name we're giving people under 20 these days don't think we need feminism. I mean, really, what did it ever do for women? Besides give us some equal rights, a better chance at equal pay, and the ability to be more than a housewife if we "choose" it be more than that.
But today, feminism is archaic. Right? Wrong.
Just today a lovely male co-worker told me that he wished he could be a woman in the corporate world "because you don't have to worry about a career and can just focus on a steady job that pays. The husband always has to think about his career."
Asshat.
If I just wanted a job that "pays" why would I continue to work here? Why would women be going to college at record highs? Why are there more of us in management positions? Why do we continue to juggle work, life, and family?
Futhermore, not every working woman is a working wife. And for those of us in marital partnership, well, many of us are making more money than our husbands. Many working women are THE breadwinners. And not only do we bring home the bacon, we fry it up in the pan, serve it to our children, wash the plate, bathe the kids, put them to bed, and do it all again the next day with little or no help.
Nothing frustrates me more than realizing that I still work in a "man's world." And no matter how much I give, there will always be idiots like this guy that think since I am a woman, I am somehow less than.
And lucky me, I get to work with them.
