tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162829547026802129.post7759171067187548058..comments2024-03-04T01:11:34.809-07:00Comments on Jane In Her Infinite Wisdom: Red Cards of DEFCONJust Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02861216483398553225noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162829547026802129.post-11795528588122467402012-08-11T15:26:08.252-06:002012-08-11T15:26:08.252-06:00Excellent and honest piece on a touchy topic. I ha...Excellent and honest piece on a touchy topic. I have lived most of my life sheltered from this sort of issue because either my environments were overwhelmingly female or I was in something of a power position with the men around me (whether because of my job title or my personality or both). I still face precious little of it, but I watch my daughter and nieces coming up and trying to make their way in the world and am flabbergasted by the nerve of some men/boys. FLABBERGASTED. <br /><br />Working in a halfway house with seventeen male clients has given me a rather horrifying window into the unhealthiness of a certain sort of male mentality. Granted, the men I see there are often dealing with significant mental health and other deficits, but something tells me their attitude toward women is as much a function of society's attitudes as a whole as it is about any individual weaknesses they are bringing to the table. Society tells them a million ways that these attitudes are "okay." What happens in front of me is rarely treatment OF women--mostly remarks ABOUT women. These comments and attitudes are rarely directed at me, of course, but I am a great practicer of the verbal smackdown and, to the extent the therapeutic setting will allow, I practice it on a daily basis.Masked Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08197019009052401812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5162829547026802129.post-18591150088160231632012-08-02T23:53:12.768-06:002012-08-02T23:53:12.768-06:00I thought of many things to say but the words are ...I thought of many things to say but the words are not coming out right.... I'll get back to you. Thanks for the read.MsSparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08003952474828686809noreply@blogger.com