Blog 2

For this blog, I just wanted to do an introduction to viewing the world as a feminist. I decided to really think about the actions and words that are said at work this week and think about it as a feminist. I work a construction company, which is very male dominated, and there are only 4 females that work at the company, all in the accounting department. The first thing I noticed is how the guys have different views of what women should be doing. For instance, a good example happened this week and actually frustrated me quite a bit. One of the toner's in the owner's printer ran out of ink, and we purchased refills instead of buying a new cartridge, but in order to refill it, a 1 inch diameter hole had to be drilled into the cartridge. Automatically, all the guys assumed that none of the girls could do it and no-one would even let me try, even though I am well aware of how to use a drill, and I am more handy at home than my husband is. I got very frustrated that no-one would even let me try, and just said things like "Don't worry about it honey, one of the guys will do it". I also get very annoyed because every time one of the guys find out that I am married, they automatically ask me if I have kids and when I am going to have kids. It's like that's whats expected of me. I kind of hope that it's because I work with guys that are mostly older than me, in their late 30's and early 40's and maybe their views are still a bit old-fashioned and expect certain things of women.