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marzipanandminutiae · 5 months ago

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me, telling a family anecdote: -so my grandmother was an interior decorator in the 1940s and 1950s, back when even that was a male-dominated field- like cooking or sewing, since, you know, it's fine for women to do as housewives or at lower levels, but heaven forbid we make decent money at it -and she-

male housemate: hmm :) I don't think that's true actually :)

me:

me: [experiencing the ancestral exhaustion of This Fucking Man(TM)]

#misogyny #mansplaining #like my guy #this is a documented thing #for ages the most successful chefs have been men (sexism in professional kitchens is LEGENDARY)#the most successful fashion designers have been primarily men since the modern couture world was born #I remember watching Mad Men with my grandmother (born 1926) and asking her 'is this what it was like in the design offices?'#and she just laughed wryly and said 'oh yes'#she was there my dude. she would probably know!

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