They grip at me
Two fists snuck into an envelope of soft words
I get “Adjust” instead of its harsher
commanding counterpart “change”
(“comprise” is in absence in this conversation)
But I see my grandmother smiling
And great grandmother dancing
And all the womxn that have made me
appear from behind the mesquite
emerging from the thick wilderness of time
to transcend
to bear naked their wisdom and grant me their heart
Their dance swirls within me
Their smile leaps
reaching through flesh
like a ray being emitted from my inner cove
To materialize over my face
And I can sit calmly and confidently
Smile And say “no”
“You cannot dance with me.
Go!”
Toxic male masculinity in the work place.
I get a sense like society reinforces male ego by allowing men to belittle women or try to control them in order to boost their confidence. I keep feeling like men are so personally insulted when I have a strong opinion and when I am direct in the work place; most of men who unaware of their male privilege are so annoyed and don’t question their initial response to critic they take it so personally.
Some try to reach to control their environment and others perception of them by trying to control and domesticate those around them and for along time women have been an easy target.
This happens in reverse too but I feel like it’s very rampant when it comes to women experience in a male dominated workplace
Your girls are just as worthy of an opinion as your boys, period.