Reply #61: well, i'm all for self-defense [View All]

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frankly...i think the lack of it is still far more problematic than the reverse that you describe. by that i mean...there are far more women being sexually harrassed in silence than getting paid to remain silent about being sexually harrassed.
i hear a kind of classism in your post that really doesn't reflect the reality of life for many women in america. i can apply what you're saying to some of the female managers i've worked with, but not to the clerks in the accounts payable department (almost all of them are females).
interestingly enough, it's the latter group who've had the least exposure to feminism, faux or real.
as to self-defense, i wish more women would live by this motto i heard from a black, female comedianne:
"i gotta get yoked, so i don't get smoked."

as a black woman, i call tell you that i get more shit from women about being "agressive" than i do from men. racism isn't acceptable...my ass! it's just gone underground.