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Eurgh, what a day!

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Throughgrittedteeth · 10/03/2013 21:22

I'm new to FWR but have been lurking since reading Caitlin Moran's How To Be A Woman. I've found it so enlightening and just reading around has really opened my eyes to the everyday sexism that seems to go on.
I work in a jewellery shop and deal with a lot of cocky blokes and can definitely hold my own but today I had a woman in with her daughter (about 8-9) we were chatting about the jewellery and she was trying things on. Her daughter was really into everything and wanted to try everything her mum had so obviously I was talking to her too, she seemed so interested in how it was all made and how silver jewellery is made

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FastidiaBlueberry · 10/03/2013 21:32

The OP isn't uptight about it, she came to the FWR section to vent.

It's belittling to tell her she's being uptight.

Throughgrittedteeth · 10/03/2013 21:32

I suppose I was so shocked because since becoming more educated about feminism I just can't believe that someone so close to my age (25) could think like that.
No gin unfortunately but I've got a brew Grin

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ScottyDoc · 10/03/2013 21:30

Relax. I think most likely it was an offhand tongue in cheek comment. Something my mum would say as a joke basically with a serious type face on. Depends on someone's humour! No need to get so get up about it m'love. Brew

solveproblem · 10/03/2013 21:29

Oh dear, that's awful.

Hopefully it was a bad joke.

Throughgrittedteeth · 10/03/2013 21:29

Also sorry about the rambling and bad grammar/punctuation, it's been a long day!

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FastidiaBlueberry · 10/03/2013 21:28

With gin at the end of it?

Grin

It is a bit startling when you come across idiots like that.

Throughgrittedteeth · 10/03/2013 21:27

Posted before I'd got to the point sorry!
Basically she was very interested in the science behind how metal is manipulated etc so I told her the little I knew. Midway through our chat her mum cuts in and says 'oh well X is interested in so many things and she loves jewellery... Hopefully we'll find her a rich husband who will buy her all these lovely things' Shock
I was so shocked that a confident, modern woman could say this about her daughter. She seemed deadly serious and all I did was stand there like a blummin fish!
How on earth do you get through the day with such narrow mindedness all around?
Sorry this is so long!

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