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Bramble

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Whenever women have insisted on absolute equality with men, they have invariably wound up with the dirty end of the stick. What they are and what they can do makes them superior to men, and their proper tactic is to demand special privileges, all the traffic will bear. They should never settle merely for equality. For women, "equality" is a disaster.
-- Robert Heinlein

I find this to be true and do not wish sameness with men but equal respect and dignity. That is why I'm a feminist, and where much of the feminist movement at large has gone wrong.

But don't even think you can pay me less for the same work. In fact you can pay me more because I'm better at it than most although paying the same +good beer and swag will get you additional support hours. Unless you are a pain in the .... to work with, then I charge double :D
 

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I guess I am setting up my girls to really tick of misogynists. No, I don't have them vaping, but they both enjoy working on cars with me (I have a project street-rod--they have helped me tear down the engine, do brakes, oil, tires, etc.) They play video games and not ones that one could call girly. The older one plays an electric guitar. They both take martial arts. I'm basically raising my girls to be self-sufficient and not have to rely on a man for anything. The funny thing is that they still enjoy typically "girly" things as well.

Guess there are going to be a few disappointed ......s out there. When that happens, I'll know I've done my job.

Well Bravo to you, and your girls ... I personally reject the notion that a woman cannot be very feminine, and masculine at the same time. I Am .. how can I, not Be?
 

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Well Bravo to you, and your girls ... I personally reject the notion that a woman cannot be very feminine, and masculine at the same time. I Am .. how can I, not Be?

I think I am too. I work with mainly men and am over about 80 of em. I can do the manly things....I just don't want to. I mean, I'm sure I can change a tire but it's so much easier to ask Siri for a tow truck. :). And I can write the check to the yard company like a bad A**. Same with the pool guy.
 

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I was in a Best buy helping a friend set up a little home network, every time I would ask a question he would speak to the guy I was with. When we left he asked me if that happens often, he was pretty disgusted when I said ya. I was wondering when I became 'privileged' because that sort of stuff does not happen where I work now, I am a subject area expert in a field that for every 3 jobs there is 1 person. I guess I never realized how bad I was being treated till I got respect. Perspective is a weird thing.

I am a computer geek, and I make all of the computer buying decisions. I love going to Best Buy or other similar stores to buy computer stuff. I am with my husband, and they start talking to him. Then I start asking technical questions, and they get real confused.

As for vaping, the guys at the vape shop taught me how to build coils. It's not weird there for women to do so. At other vape shops, I have never encountered any bias because I am female.
 

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I am a computer geek, and I make all of the computer buying decisions. I love going to Best Buy or other similar stores to buy computer stuff. I am with my husband, and they start talking to him. Then I start asking technical questions, and they get real confused.

As for vaping, the guys at the vape shop taught me how to build coils. It's not weird there for women to do so. At other vape shops, I have never encountered any bias because I am female.
I've had some great times trying to locate stuff at Best Buy, telling the salesbois (<---intentional spelling) what I intended to do, and having them tell me it is impossible when I know it isn't, that I've done it before successfully....lol

It's not my fault that computers came out so late in my life and that I'm older than most geeks. It's also not my fault that my interests take me into traditionally male territory.
 

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Let's see... I've done plumbing, electrical, plaster and drywall, roofing, laid carpet and tile, built a retaining wall and a paver patio, concrete work, raised flower beds, fencing, and hardware stuff out the wazoo. I've done demolition and moved appliances. I can change my own oil, but choose not to. I own more power tools than most men I know- and I know how to use (and have used) them all. I can fix damn near anything in my house. A couple years ago I replaced about 15 feet of cast iron waste pipe built into a brick chase in the wall. Last summer I pulled down the porch ceiling and insulated a bay window and put up a new porch ceiling. I also ripped off the old porch steps and built new ones. Two weeks ago I replaced my garbage disposal and the p-trap. My next project is to tear out all the plaster around the new bay windows, insulate it and re-plaster.

So why should a little battery and some wire intimidate me?
 

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Plain and simple.....women get stuff done. I'm surrounded by way too many strong ladies to ever question their desire to accomplish anything. Especially if they're told they can't!

Oh lord that's my husband's favorite button to push. He's army, and for a couple years was assigned as a Drill Sgt. Well the command decided to let them have a "Jane Wayne Day" where us wives got to get a taste of basic training. With less screaming. So we did the obstacle course, and a short march...and "Eagle Tower". Eagle tower is a 60 foot wall they make the privates rappel down. Going up involves a very large ladder. The week before, I was talking about it and he said it.

"I can see you chickening out..."

I'll add here that I'm so afraid of heights I get vertigo on a step ladder. But those words...oh no. Oh HECK no.

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First thing I said...or rather yelled across the field, when I got back on the ground and unharnessed?

"WHO did you say would chicken out?"

(Yes I'm wearing his uniform, we all were that day...lol)
 

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Oh lord that's my husband's favorite button to push. He's army, and for a couple years was assigned as a Drill Sgt. Well the command decided to let them have a "Jane Wayne Day" where us wives got to get a taste of basic training. With less screaming. So we did the obstacle course, and a short march...and "Eagle Tower". Eagle tower is a 60 foot wall they make the privates rappel down. Going up involves a very large ladder. The week before, I was talking about it and he said it.

"I can see you chickening out..."

I'll add here that I'm so afraid of heights I get vertigo on a step ladder. But those words...oh no. Oh HECK no.

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First thing I said...or rather yelled across the field, when I got back on the ground and unharnessed?

"WHO did you say would chicken out?"

(Yes I'm wearing his uniform, we all were that day...lol)

I remember that damn tower. Is that benning or jackson?
 
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