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As a female in the male-dominated world of investments, I tend to get things “mansplained” to be quite often…despite the fact that I have more degrees than many of my colleagues. It’s frustrating to be spoken down to because I don’t have an appendage between my legs, but what can you do? Well, if you work in Sweden, there is now a hotline you can call to complain about it.
Unionen, Sweden’s largest workers’ union, has started a hotline where women who are tired of having things “mansplained” to them can call and report their woes. Jennie Zetterstrom, a Unionen representative, told CNN:
The aim of our campaign is to draw attention to discriminatory behavior in the workplace. Sweden is well advanced when it comes to gender equality but much remains to be done. We want to start a discussion which we hope will be the first step in changing the way we treat each other.
Since the line went live, Unionen says it has already received over 215 calls, plus more interaction on the Facebook event and Instagram account used to promote the new resource.
So, Unionen… can you explain to me (in a totally non-sexist way) how I can get that number? .
[via CNN]
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How dare you femsplain this to me.
I’m gonna need a femsplanation of what mansplaining is.
Use of mansplaining unironically=instant loss of credibility.
I think women interpret a lot of just general advice and direction at work as ‘mansplaining’, sometimes people are just dicks, it’s not cause your a girl.
They just want an excuse for things not going their way,
…that is a great example of mansplaining.
So explaining that he is not trying to be sexist, but rather critical, is in fact, sexist?
Really respect the level of commitment you’re showing on some of these avatars, Todd.
If me explaining my point of view in an attempt to help you feel less victimized in the workplace makes you feel uncomfortable, you probably aren’t really cut out for the work force
I’m not uncomfortable. You could be correct. I have not personally witnessed the feedback you’ve given to female colleagues, and maybe I was a bit harsh.
I am speaking from my own experience in which I have had these things happen to me, and it is frustrating to have that explained away. This is an issue, and it does happen.
However, I will acknowledge your point some (not all, not the majority) of women will “play the woman card” in unwarranted situations, and that pisses me off to no end.
I think people are treated badly and immediately assume it is because they are a woman. It is easy to use this as a scapegoat because it removes responsibility. However, some people are just bad at their job/whiny/incompetent and refuse to admit that while people probably should treat them better, they are the cause of their own problems. Would love to hear 2Notbrokegirls chime in on this.
Men get talked down to by other men in the workplace too, but they don’t make up some cutesy word for it, they just recognize that that guy is a dickhead. Not all the trials and tribulations in life women face are because of their gender, the world is tough and that’s just the way it is.
You’re*. Get Grammersplained.
Grammarsplained*. I’ll walk off a cliff now.
Words are hard
You have more degrees than your colleagues?! So we should infer that somehow makes you superior to them? Maybe you should #checkyourprivelege
So, does anything actually get done about it? Because right now it just sounds like we have the same thing here, except it’s called being in a relationship.
I might have to save this number as a favorite contact in my phone.
Hope your phone bill ends up outrageous with all the international calls you make.
I forgot women aren’t funny and shouldn’t have tried making a joke.
Women are funny, get over it
It happens. I wouldn’t beat yourself up over it.
I know just enough about finance to be dangerous. If you would like to Womsplain some stuff I’d be really grateful.
more you know about finance the more dangerous you are.
Preach