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Soph0571

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11. I quit my job last summer because of the same thing

Reply to Pacifist Patriot (Reply #5)

Mon Feb 10, 2020, 01:38 PM

Feb 2020

All male executive, apart from me, toxic masculinity bollocks... life it too short and luckily for me I am financially secure enough not to have to put up with it. To be fair in the last board meeting, me pounding the desk and shouting are you fucking kidding me, when they were trying to ignore my expertise, may have been a tad emotional...

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She really should smile more... [View all] Soph0571 Feb 2020 OP

K&R for visibility. nt tblue37 Feb 2020 #1

✔️ blm Feb 2020 #2

There's an Alan Parsons Project song called "You Don't Believe" that addresses these CaptYossarian Feb 2020 #3

Enthusiast KICK! (Or is that arrogant?) heh. Guilded Lilly Feb 2020 #4

You say arrogant... I say audacious :-) Hurrah!!!! Soph0571 Feb 2020 #10

I was just recently told I was "overly emotional" and "reacting disproportionately." Pacifist Patriot Feb 2020 #5

Oh behalf of the men in this world VWolf Feb 2020 #6

I quit my job last summer because of the same thing Soph0571 Feb 2020 #11

"To be fair in the last board meeting, me pounding the desk and shouting. . ." Collimator Feb 2020 #16

100% nt Soph0571 Feb 2020 #18

Excellent point. Pacifist Patriot Feb 2020 #22

I think I love you. Pacifist Patriot Feb 2020 #21

Lol! JudyM Feb 2020 #29

Now see, my response to such a statement would have been lunatica Feb 2020 #13

My reaction was... Pacifist Patriot Feb 2020 #20

Oh yeah! lunatica Feb 2020 #24

Ha ha! My husband recently said, "you're a sweet middle aged lady right up until your not" to me. Pacifist Patriot Feb 2020 #26

LOL! lunatica Feb 2020 #27

He's a "counterpuncher" who LITERALLY eats White House documents! Dukkha Feb 2020 #7

I clicked on your OP ready to fight with you lunatica Feb 2020 #8

LOL. Fisti cuffs at dawn? Or is that us being hysterical... Soph0571 Feb 2020 #9

MSNBC's Donny Deutsch described Warren as "strident" and "unlikeable" joost5 Feb 2020 #12

You know what strident is in the real world of brilliant women... Soph0571 Feb 2020 #14

KnR yonder Feb 2020 #15

... BlueMTexpat Feb 2020 #17

Please call me Soph Soph0571 Feb 2020 #19

Will do, Soph! BlueMTexpat Feb 2020 #25

LOL! lunatica Feb 2020 #28

Yes, the deck is totally tilted against women. lark Feb 2020 #23

He seems presidential. Sparkly Mar 2020 #30