When that feminism degree of mine gets in the way
Me: Did you see the VPs response to her escalation?
Director: Sometimes she's like a bull in a china shop. She just needs a calming male.
Me: weird look...
Director: What? you've never heard the phrase bull in a china shop?
Me: No, I've heard that. I've never heard calming male before.
Director: laughs...
Me: laughing... That's one of the most sexist comments I've ever heard.
Director: laughing harder... Not calming male as is M-A-L-E. But as in M-A-I-L. As in an email to calm her down.
Me: laughing even hard and turning red... Oh. That's better.
Ha! I'll take one of each. And also a calming Mel, the guy from Mel's diner. Although he wasn't really calming at all, not that I think about it.
Posted by: Jenny, Bloggess | July 25, 2008 at 06:35 PM
LOL! OMG, I am soooo impressed you didn't slug someone. And I wish I could have seen your face. Ya did good, chica.
Posted by: Veronica | July 25, 2008 at 08:30 PM
Hilarious.
Posted by: Nicole | July 26, 2008 at 10:57 PM
But isn't there actually a "calming male" in cattle herds? I work with women quite a lot, which I love, but a whole office full of only women can have its own idiosyncratic problems. I'm all for the 'calming male' - or am I pushing the metaphor too far?
Posted by: Steph in ATL | July 30, 2008 at 02:46 PM