I can’t tell you the number of times I have been ridiculed by female co-workers for wearing make-up, feminine clothing, and being a Mom to 4 children.
One woman told me, in a pre-meeting chat, that because I waited until marriage for sex, that I was abnormal and crazy.
Funny thing is, the men I work with all love me (not in a romantic sense), respect my opinion and have never insulted my appearance or morals.
I really don’t get the current brand of femi-nazi’s...they are their own worst enemies.
My workdays are often spent around career women. Incidental conversations often focus on our respective lives or activities. When hearing about my throwback lifestyle (semi-agrarian in an 1880 farmstead) they always ask, “What does your wife do/think of all that?” When I tell them she tells me at least once a week that she is happy, you can almost always see a flash of jealousy before they respond with a comment. I pity these women that insist on being in charge of their lives - the lives constructed for them by social engineers.
They are communists first and women second. You are not part of the movement so you are the enemy.
Pray for America
Like you, I’ve always gotten along very well with men. I appreciate chivalry and old-fashioned manners from them. I’m a Southern woman, and there is still a good amount of that to be found here...for now, at least.
I’ve never understood the whole “sisterhood” thing. I have conservative female friends who get excited when a woman achieves something simply because she IS a woman, especially if it’s in a traditionally male field. That makes no sense to me. The two genders are different, but different does not mean unequal. I have never felt like a victim because I’m a woman.
I also know that a majority of women voted for Obama, so I’d be lying if I said I have a lot of respect for my own gender.