re: #34 A Mom Anon

After more than 30 years as a woman in an all-male field, there is little misogynistic behavior I find surprising. In many ways, I’m numbed to it because it was just a daily part of my job that I had to deal with and get over because I refused to give up the career that I loved. It was simply routine, something I had to navigate day to day.

But what I do find seriously disturbing is the increasing violence of it that I’ve been seeing the past few years. What I experienced was infuriating but not terrifying. It’s different now, escalating from eye-rolling “boys will be boys” to slasher flick levels of horror. I would like to believe it’s just internet anonymity allowing otherwise impotent mommy rage but I’m far from convinced that’s where it stops.