Sexism for Married Ladies
December 4, 2006 · Filed Under Feminism
I got married. I love being married.
When I was single, I was used to a fair amount of sexism from men- rarely blatant, and more frequently, seemingly innocuous.
Now, I am learning to spot a whole new kind of sexism: married lady sexism.
Example: my husband and I are meeting with a financial counselor the other day because we are now grown up and married. I’m in grad school right now, perhaps not earning the princely sums I used to. The counselor says to my husband, “well, I just focused on your future. I mean, you’re paying all this money for her to go to grad school when she’ll probably just end up staying home with the kids.”
WTF?
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