"Meanwhile, female legal secretaries described expectations that they would be deferential and caretaking towards (mostly male) attorneys, but male secretaries were not subject to the same norms. Thus, even when women worked in male-dominated positions, the emotional expectations deemed “appropriately” feminine still applied in ways that made it more difficult for women to do their jobs. Once again, the hidden component of this work renders it less visible but no less taxing."
How Service With a Smile Takes a Toll...
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/01/gender-emotional-labor/427083/
...in certain types of situations, (especially certain types of male dominated ones) being expected to act in a certain way (oppressively! has! to be! pretty!) is not the most wonderful experience...why not be open to what people have to offer instead of being disappointed they don't fit into the socially conditioned format...
ONE COULD imagine someone who might've been approvingly defined as a masculine athletic type being reborn (as....wait for it...a card-carrying member of the auntie women miseries club... ha! who could've known such a club even existed? and why?) One can also imagine such a person looking up capitalism and women's oppression just for FUN...but anyways, such is not the whole of...genuinely love knitting because it can be meditative...also lowering stress is nice to the body...and so are nice hot showers...which probably exist thanks to capitalism...
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