Patriarchs workplace bum in the butter

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Dear feminist scholars

You have not spoken to the concerns of the patriarchs – women abandoning their careers for family care, elderly care, and sick children. Women abandon their posts due to menstrual cramps and pregnancy. The perception that women are ‘fragile’ and victims of mental health – disinformation campaigns run by the patriarchy claim this. Women leave their posts because they have been raped and harassed. Women cannot focus on their work because the harassment prevents them from doing their work. 

The patriarchs want someone on their post no matter what and will harass them out of the post so they don’t have to deal with these issues. The ability of women to lead is severely compromised due to men’s behaviour. They won’t stop. They see it as an effective way to prevent women from entering the workplace and having another place to judge their asses. They homophilically play all day with other men and are free from the demands of women. Women's mere act of demanding is considered demeaning and undermining. Men don't want to risk having women tell them what to do. And they don't want to risk the extra pay for zero hours. 

Address these issues so that the issues are clear to the men around the offending patriarchs. Slowly men's consciousness will be raised. 

Telling men that women can do the job is just a lie and a simplistic reading of the situation. Stop doing it please. Women can't.

Tanya

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