Subtly Sexist Things “Woke” Men Still Do
- By
Julia Austin
Discreetly ask if you can handle it
When overwhelming tasks have come up in a work situation—tasks that are mostly falling on me—I’ve had a male colleague say in front of everyone, “She’s got this. She can handle it.” Then, privately, he pulled me aside, and put his hands on my shoulder and used a rather condescending voice to say, “Hey, if you can’t manage this, you can tell me. I just didn’t want to embarrass you by saying that in front of the others.” The “others” being men, of course.
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