ZDL comments on What’s something women should support each other more about?

[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 9 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Just FYI, mothers still face discrimination and disrespect, too. It’s not like sexism disappears when a woman has a child.

I'd hazard a guess (though obviously I have no direct experience thereof) that it gets worse when you have a child. I could not believe the sheer gall of male coworkers "advising" pregnant and newly-mothering colleagues on how to live their lives when i was quiet enough to tolerate that shit in my presence.

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[–] velma@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 6 months ago (1 child)

Mothers primarily are the ones to take off work for sick days or appointments to start. Maternity leave painted as vacation is a common one! So many it’s hard to list to be honest.

I’m sympathetic to the pressures and dismissive attitudes that childfree women often get for sure. I once thought that I wouldn’t have any children. Anything a woman decides for herself is scrutinized. I just wish there was less fighting each other and more support for deciding what’s best for ourselves. Even if that’s different.

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[–] ZDL@lazysoci.al 4 points 6 months ago

Anything a woman decides for herself is scrutinized.

And tragically some of the worst scrutineers are fellow women. (This is a general pattern in the western what-passes-for left, actually: the left treats fellow leftists as enemies more often than the actual enemy!)

I just wish there was less fighting each other and more support for deciding what’s best for ourselves. Even if that’s different.

The broader left in general, and feminism in specific, would be far better off and far more likely to be in the agenda-setting role if more people acted this way, yes. The right learned that lesson and is now winning every key battle, one after the other. I wish we could learn it back.

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