An idealistic young man is promising, principled and future-minded.
An idealistic young woman is naive, stereotypical, and a liability.
An outspoken young man is ambitious, intelligent, and possessing of wonderful entrepreneurial spirit. He should be promoted.
An outspoken young woman is a bossy bitch who doesn’t know her place in the hierarchy. She should be put in her place.
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Hi, I liked this so much, I quoted the post in full on my blog. Please let me know if that’s not OK, and I can remove all or part of the blockquote, and simply link to your post. Thanks!
That sounds about right…
I’m sorry for whatever provoked this post! We shall overcome!!!
Thanks, Rachel. The post was provoked by two things. One was a comment made to me at work that was hurtful, but not intended to be. The other was a very malicious personal attack leveled at me by a disgruntled former volunteer where I used to work –and this was from a dude I never even worked with directly, he just decided to spout off about how he thought I was the dumbest little bimbo alive and my work was horrible.