Oh, hm, I think it did come out wrong. I don't think BLAME is what I'm feeling. And I agree, "not there yet" is pretty much exactly what I think is happening here.
At the same time, I know what it feels like to be the only girl/woman in a male-dominated space. I know from the profession I'm going into, I know from growing up in a non-egal synagogue as a girl who regularly attends services, I just, know. And so I also know that it's possible to live in that space, and be frustrated by it, and still know that it's not other WOMEN'S fault.
I agree, wholly, that there is a larger systemic issue (and, tbph, I think Frank's behavior is PART of that system, rather than a symptom of it), but even knowing that, it doesn't make me less saddened by the results of it, PARTICULARLY in younger women.
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At the same time, I know what it feels like to be the only girl/woman in a male-dominated space. I know from the profession I'm going into, I know from growing up in a non-egal synagogue as a girl who regularly attends services, I just, know. And so I also know that it's possible to live in that space, and be frustrated by it, and still know that it's not other WOMEN'S fault.
I agree, wholly, that there is a larger systemic issue (and, tbph, I think Frank's behavior is PART of that system, rather than a symptom of it), but even knowing that, it doesn't make me less saddened by the results of it, PARTICULARLY in younger women.