Not what you’re thinking!
I mean why do we need men to make sexist comments when so many women seem to do such a good job on their behalf?
I teach in a Primary School were the staff are 90% female. Here is a flavour of just some of the many comments I’ve heard recently:
When a woman applied to be our new caretaker “We need a man to fix things surely?”
When discussing a young female member of staff the word “slut” is used a lot.
When a man bought a new Ford Ka “That’s girl’s car!”
Passing endless negative comments about other woman’s weight and appearance.
Referring to the office staff as “the girls in the office”.
“One of the male teachers should run the football team. It’s man’s job.”
“I’d hate to work for a female head. Female bosses are always bitches.”
“Why would a man want to teach the little ones? They’d never cope!” (At our school a man does the teach little ones and he’s brilliant)
When a male TA (teaching assistant) was appointed the other TAs were angry because they didn’t a want a man in the resource room when they were working in there.
And the best one, remember this is coming from a teacher, “Girls aren’t good at maths.”
Just about the only people who are not sexist are the men!
I do challenge these comments when I hear them but it’s so awful that they make them in the first place.