Here’s what they had to say:
1.
“When working as a member of a med flight crew, you learn to develop a thick skin.
Unfortunately for me, I had to pee and there were no bathrooms anywhere.
I never reported him because I was too afraid of retaliation.
This was over 5 years ago and I still regret keeping quiet.”
45, United States
2.
“I work in a very male-dominated environment.
Most of them are pretty harmless and I laugh them off.
visionaryturkey79
3.
He thought the name was hilarious since now I was going to go off and bear fruit.
Clearly, I missed the joke.”
57, Canada
4.
The women never asked this."
27, United Kingdom
5.
It does not do that.'
I responded yes, it does.
I worked there, and what do I know?
He still tried to mansplain that it was impossible even after I showed him how.
40, Atlanta
6.
My husband finally said I needed to stop as my whole world became my job.
brandojones
7.
Were working in a highly competitive and demanding profession.
Those dated, sexist stereotypes have no place in the office let alone in positions of leadership."
“I stopped meeting my required 165 billable hours per month and sent out job applications the next week.
I’m hoping to land somewhere that empowers women, not dismisses them because of misogyny!”
32, anonymous
8.
“I worked for a drugstore in the makeup department in my early 20s.
One night, I got a call to meet the (male) supervisors in one of the aisles.
34, California
9.
He said, Is it weird I find that kind of hot?
He made me uncomfortable many times, but that was the last straw.
I told my manager afterward, who ended up having a ‘talk’ with him.
Nothing came of it.”
erinnicholed2
10. dizzyowl60
11.
“When I announced my pregnancy at work, my boss asked why I couldnt keep my legs together.
This man is a father of six.”
bravepony29
12.
“I used to work on the marketing side for a bar right out of college.
This man had been sober for 10 years.
What makes YOU qualified to promote a bar when you don’t even drink?
fancyelephant40
13.
“I worked at a well-known chain breakfast restaurant as a server.
At the time, I was probably 19.
My manager and I were having a conversation about how much I made in tips that day.
ashleenooo
14.
“He ‘joked’ about showing him my bikini pics when I returned from a Cancun trip.”
dinkaw
15.
I felt incredibly alone.
A decade later this mofo is still perpetuating that shame onto other people.
JG, Florida
16.
My male boss stared at me and said, ‘You think you’re worth $17 an hour?’
I replied, ‘Yes, of course I do.’
To which he responded, ‘Well, I don’t.'”
“I stayed there for another year because I genuinely enjoyed the job.
Fast forward, I found my big girl job and resigned from that job.
When I worked my final two weeks, my boss avoided me the entire time.
His wife made a point of telling me that he was ‘hurt that I quit.'”
chelseam4a3025ff4
17.
I was 18 and he was a middle-aged man.
No one stood up for me.”
47, London
18.
They were for me and my mom who bought me new shoes for work."
38, USA
19.
My coworker was too.
We had no idea what would make him (a white man) say something so foul and ignorant.
31, Georgia
20.
“I did a sports medicine internship when I was 19.
One of our tasks was showing athletes how to properly perform stretches and different exercises.
26, USA
21.
“My male boss was on a call and referred to someone as a bitch.
I left the room in disgust and when I returned he asked why it had bothered me.
I calmly explained the reasons why this isnt a suitable word to use and its impact.
I explained again why it was so he said ‘Well have to agree to disagree.'”
That was said to me by the president of an engineering firm in 2015.
44, Texas
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