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"I'm okay with sexism, how dare you not be?"
That pretty much sums up a comment left on my review of Sidetracked Home Executives, with an additional "reviewer must have a stick up her behind". Wheeee!
I've thought about taking down my reviews in general, but I use them (other people's, obviously) when I shop so I figured I should contribute some, and for years I did.
Then came the cult of Harriet Klausner, the roving gangs of down-voters, and a general air of... unsavoriness about the place, and I stepped away. Haven't posted a review in forever, but still get comments on my old ones.
None quite as annoying as this one, though. My inclination is to ignore it, but as I turn it over in my mind I get angrier, and I want to respond though I know it will be pointless.
Funny thing, yes, I get sexism from the old guys at work, at first. But you know, most of the time, once they know I am in charge, they're okay with it. It's the older ladies and the younger men (probably raised by said older ladies) that are the most troublesome. And, of course, that's a generalization - and *most* people are fine, but out of the group that has a problem with me being the engineer... that's the predominant demographic.
And, really, with as much money as they've made off that book, would it kill them to update it to a non-sexist version that maybe entertains the possibility that dad stays home with the kids (while dad2 goes to work... yeah, that's probably asking to much).
I've thought about taking down my reviews in general, but I use them (other people's, obviously) when I shop so I figured I should contribute some, and for years I did.
Then came the cult of Harriet Klausner, the roving gangs of down-voters, and a general air of... unsavoriness about the place, and I stepped away. Haven't posted a review in forever, but still get comments on my old ones.
None quite as annoying as this one, though. My inclination is to ignore it, but as I turn it over in my mind I get angrier, and I want to respond though I know it will be pointless.
Funny thing, yes, I get sexism from the old guys at work, at first. But you know, most of the time, once they know I am in charge, they're okay with it. It's the older ladies and the younger men (probably raised by said older ladies) that are the most troublesome. And, of course, that's a generalization - and *most* people are fine, but out of the group that has a problem with me being the engineer... that's the predominant demographic.
And, really, with as much money as they've made off that book, would it kill them to update it to a non-sexist version that maybe entertains the possibility that dad stays home with the kids (while dad2 goes to work... yeah, that's probably asking to much).