/Women absolutely should not be on subs for these and other reasons not stated here./
Why, because they're "too dangerous?" Because they're too scary for the poor little wimmuns? Newsflash, many women are serving on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan this very minute. And by serving, I mean, actually fighting and kicking rear, not cowering behind a chair and waiting for the men to do everything.
/Sad that some people think it is okay to put a child at risk because they want "equality in the workplace"./
Really? Because I think it's sad that you feel that giving women equal rights somehow endangers children. How does equality in the workplace put children at risk? If anything, it helps children. If women work, they are able to bring in more money to help take care of their families and bring more opportunities for their female children, who may want to work outside of the home themselves when they grow up. And of course, you never stop to think that perhaps in certain families, the father is the one to stay home to take care of the children, while the mother works. *Gasp!* How can there be such a thing?!
/There are some jobs that women should not be doing and the same with men./
And let me guess, if men are ever caught doing the jobs that women are supposed to be doing, it's because they're gay. *eyeroll* Let's see, I keep hearing about how women shouldn't have any jobs at all, so what are some "women's jobs" that men shouldn't have the opportunity to have? Let's see - childrearing? Oh, no, we can't have fathers actually spend time with their own children. If a man becomes a stay-at-home dad, he is automatically a disgrace to his gender and masculinity, because everyone knows that's "women's work." Gardening? No, even though there are numerous home and garden shows with men as hosts, men can't have anything to do with flowers. They're too pretty. Cooking? No, women are supposed to cook, to feed the manly stomachs of the godly men. Emeril Lagasse and Wolfgang Puck do not exist, you see, nor do any of those cooking reality shows like "Hell's Kitchen," "Top Chef," or "Iron Chef" that feature men as judges and contestants.
All sarcasm aside, just why are there some jobs that some women should not be doing, Anonymous? How does lacking a Y chromosome have any bearing on being a firefighter? Or a pilot? Or an astronaut? Or a Marine? You think that flames and planes and rockets care about chromosomes?
/Get over yourselves and your "I want what I want" stuff./
You have the gall to tell *us* to get over ourselves, you puny little man? You're the one who can't get over the fact that it's the 21st century, not the 12th century. You're the one who can't get over the fact that women are in the workplace and will stay in the workplace and that the workplace *needs* us. Seriously, you really think that in today's economy, there will be a single person on Wall Street who will eagerly listen to your rants and ravings about how women shouldn't be out of the home and how it's just too *dangerous* and that we should just remove half of the workforce just to satisfy your pathetic feelings on the matter? Please, even if there were some closet misogynists in there, they'd laugh you out of the building faster than you can wail, "It's not FAAAIIIRRRRR!"
/Be a woman/
Fine. Since you feel so entitled to tell me how to be a woman - since you obviously know what constitutes a woman, of course - then I'll fire right back at you: be a man. Stop being a sniveling, whiny little creep who, for no apparent reason, hates the fact that there are women out there with lives and dreams and goals and who are fulfilling those dreams and goals. Be a man - accept that the female half of the human race is not your enemy or your inferior. Be a man - that means owning up to your own mistakes, accepting responsibility for your actions, and stop blaming your inadequacies on women.
/- quit trying to be men./
Oh, yes. Working two jobs to feed your family - you're just trying to be a man. Using the intellect and the resources that you have - you're just trying to be a man. Utilizing your potential - you're just trying to be a man. Daring to speak up for yourself, daring to demand full equality, daring to demand that you be treated with respect and dignity, in short, like a human being - you're just trying to be a man. Daring to have your own life, to have your own voice, to have any kind of CHOICE - you're just trying to be a man. And if a man is sweet or shy or gentle or timid or nurturing or cries or exhibits any of those unworthy, disgusting "feminine" qualities, then he's just trying to be a woman, right?
You know what, f**k you. This is one of the things that ticks me off so much about male supremacists, they're so obnoxiously narcissistic. They believe that everything is about them, that everything can be traced back to them. Well, guess what, Anonymous? When I graduated from high school with honors, it wasn't because I "wanted to be a man." The thought had never even entered my brain. When I sent out applications to numerous colleges, it wasn't because I "wanted to be a man." When I was accepted into the university that I am currently attending, it wasn't because I "wanted to be a man." When I study and practice and speak and play and volunteer and work and have fun and help and sing and draw and read and write - in short, when I have a LIFE - it is not because I "want to be a man." It is because I want to be smart. I want to be successful. I want to be a better person. I want to help others. I want to make my family proud. I want to make MYSELF proud. In other words, I practically want WHAT EVERY YOUNG MAN MY AGE WANTS. I do not CARE what you or your ilk think of me - I am not thinking of you, you never cross my mind. I do not want to be a man, I am perfectly happy being female. Does that bother you? Does it? That you are so completely irrelevant to my life and to thousands of women's lives? That we are able to freely choose and live without worrying about your thoughts, without worrying about being compared to men, of having it all relate back to MEN and what THEY want us to do?
Take your own advice: get over yourself and quit trying to be a condescending, sexist a**hole.
