Sexism examples

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Has anyone got any examples of sexism here in UK recently?
husband truly believes there is not much sexism “these days” 🙄 we work in the same profession and i gave him a few examples of at work and he was like “really! I’m sure most people don’t experience sexism nowadays”
I agree we have come a long way but also think he doesn’t see and a lot of little things will go un noticed

...or rather we are not putting up with it but they are still doing it!

I know unbelievable. Apparently I am too spiky to deal with and not a team player. What they don't seem to realise is I've put up with this shit for 45 years and I'm done with it.

Builders who talk only to my husband, make eye contact only with my husband when I am the one who called them, clearly explained the work that needs doing and I am paying for it. Mate, if you can't see me, you aren't getting the job.

I applaud you.

But yeah of course....WE are difficult.

All hail the difficult women I say.

How on earth is making a tie compulsory for girls anything to do with equality?

By making uniforms the same for both sexes?
(apart from skirts, obviously).
Don't get me wrong, I think the preferable option would be to have no ties at all. Most men don't wear ties in offices these days so why should schoolkids?

When I try to read that story on Twitter, it comes up as deleted.

I go often to client meetings with my male colleague - we have the same job title (although I have several years more experience and am a couple of years older than him).

9 times out of 10 the clients will predominantly address/talk to him, and treat me as if I'm there just there to take meeting minutes or act as secretary.

@kellygoeswest male clients or female too?

When “we” were buying a new house it was awful. I had been left a large inheritance so I was the person buying the house. I handled all the emails, I did all the paperwork but I was married. Every single email from solicitors was addressed to my husband, despite the fact that he had nothing to do with the purchase. Even when I emailed them back and signed off with my name, they emailed back “thank you Mr skipdiddyskip”. When they called (I only gave them my number) they would ask to speak to my husband. I was both doing everything and completely invisible in the process, just because I had a husband.

Even when we completed the email was “congratulations mr skipdiddyskip” (house purchase was under my name only -_-)

(It was a bit of a weird set up but the person who left me the money, as well as my siblings, specifically said that if it were to be used for property purchase that the property should only be purchased under our names, not our partners… it was an annoying request but we all honoured it).

I disagree with this one.

nothing forcing you to change your name. If a man changed his name he’s be charged too.

nothing stopping you travelling in your birth name until your passport expires too.

it’s not a tax on women. It’s voluntary and both sexes pay it.

i didn’t change my name. No need for a new passport or any other documents. If other women want to follow “tradition” of taking a man’s name with all it’s sexist connotations that’s up to them.

@Mumteedum both, actually! mostly men as our clients (directors of large companies/corporations) seem to be predominantly male, but both men and women have done it.

But it is making girls wear clothing traditionally associated with men. And then you say not with skirts obviously but why not? Makes skirts compulsory for all students would make as much sense, but I doubt parents and boys would be happy.

Why is it the female who has to wear clothing associated with the other sex.

I feel I'm quite insulated from sexism because I work in a fairly high status profession where females outnumber males- and my social circle and family are pretty good too. As a result when I do hear sexism in a social or service setting I always find myself taken aback as I remember this shit absolutely still happens all the time.

I do remember when working in restaurants and bars how often I experienced sexism from clients and colleagues / managers. In one place the female staff were openly rated for attractiveness by the male staff. I also remember asking my manager if I could get trained up to work in the kitchen - having done this in a previous job- he took me into the kitchen and had me have a go at sliding the paper cheques along the rail which hung from the ceiling - to demonstrate why I as a small woman couldn't work in the kitchen. (There were equally heighted males working there...). What a dick. In retrospect I think this was part of a playground humiliate a girl you fancy sort of scenario 🤮

This on the news just now
A third of teachers reported misogyny among pupils last week, survey suggests https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yr0zw65lro

I see where you're coming from in these days of "combined" toilets. But in a perfect world (an unattainable paradise which we're all after), women's and men's loos would be separate but the former would have the same number of cubicles as the latter had urinals+cubicles.
If that was a standard everywhere, then queueing wouldn't be seen as sexist, merely us taking longer per 'visit'.

DS played a song with the word Golddigger in it. I asked him what it meant and he said a woman who is only with a man for his money. I asked if it could be a man with a woman who had more than him. He said no and looked confused by the question. I tried to think of the equivalent male word but couldn’t!

well, on mn there are plenty of examples of freeloading men, designated ‘cocklodgers’. Except they often seem to expect sex and housekeeping services too. And that’s real life not a stereotype in a song.

Was told by a family member that I should vote the same way as my husband, because he knows better.

Another family member refused to let me borrow their jetwasher until my husband came home to show us how it worked. I took the jetwasher, set it up and finished what I needed to do before dh came home from work.

On holiday in Dubai, waiter asked for my order, I gave it then he turned to dh and asked "is that ok with you?"

I worked a few evenings in a pub briefly after having dd and My god the conversations men have at the bar, I’ve never had respect for a “man” again, the way they all speak about their wives and women in general. I kept wondering if their wives would have them in their beds later if they could hear them.

It would cost the same if a man changed his name though.

I’ve no idea why women are still doing it to be honest.

Some dickhead reversed into me in a carpark. Slow speed. Tried to argue it was 50/50 when I was stationary and had dashcam footage to prove it.

Reported to insurer. We have a multi car policy with different cars registered to DH and I (we both drive them all). I’m the main driver of this car on their paperwork, I called in the claim, arranged the repairs, paid the excess. Third party refused to pay so passed to solicitors. Who emailed me but addressed their questions to DH when he wasn’t even with me at the time of the incident. I had to get confirmation from DH that they could speak to me about something that had nothing to do with them. 😡

I agree and didn't change my name, but 85% of women do and I don't understand why it's free to change your name on your driving licence and not on your passport.

Cally Beaton (56) was approached to talk to a company on international women’s day.

A bloke she called “John” asked what qualified her to speak on the subject and then decided he would do it himself.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DE5Rz3UM5xI/?igsh=MXVsemtrNnJkeWUwdg==

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFIjtLNM4q6/?igsh=czNqdGluNTdtcWRj

She posts videos ALL THE TIME showing how prevalent sexism is.

The passport office gets no government funding. So producing a new passport for you is the same cost as for anyone else. Why should it be free for those perpetuating sexist traditions? If anything it should cost more as a deterrent!

There is the obvious security difference of passport v driving licence too.

So my point is the expectation that women will change their name on marriage is sexist.