tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17251423.post3459950713106801615..comments2023-05-08T09:24:25.144-04:00Comments on GraceGoesAbroad: Flirtatiouspumpkin29http://www.blogger.com/profile/00040790108986598393noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17251423.post-23006449650743336922008-10-29T16:18:00.000-04:002008-10-29T16:18:00.000-04:00Yes, well. Women are still, even in countries wher...Yes, well. Women are still, even in countries where they are given more respect, thought of as the property of men. That's why I hate phrases like "my girl," "my woman," and viceversa (my man, my guy). We're still too immersed in the discourse of women as property to participate in this kind of language use without thinking twice. I've had to go to Mexico quite a few times over the past months to deal with some family business involving going to banks and talking to business men. When I go, I'm usually with my brother. 9 out of 10 times, he receives the business card and is the primary focus of said business man/woman. I, alas, remain as a kind of shadow or ghost, even. I have to ask for a card too, please. To be fair, in Mexico things are MUCH worse in this respect; pathetic, in fact. But I think that they still are in the US and Britain as well. We just don't generally see it because of the social circles we live and work in. But if you go to the sports section of life, for example, sexism is alive and kicking. That's my two-cents, at least.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com