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In reply to the discussion: "Why I don't take advice from men." [View all]
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        Me too, I was a career woman, raising a child, husband was working as well but mostly I
        Bev54
        Dec 2023
        #21
      
        
        An enlightening book was published in 2001, called "The Price of Motherhood."
        ariadne0614
        Dec 2023
        #70
      
        
        she doesnt know the facts so she justs makes stuff up lol. not taking advice from her   nt
        msongs
        Dec 2023
        #5
      
        
        her word choice indicates she doesnt know facts. she keeps saying "probably" which indicates
        msongs
        Dec 2023
        #9
      
        
        I was in the corporate workforce for 34 years.  I cannot count how many career talks I've heard or stories I've read.
        MLAA
        Dec 2023
        #36
      
        
        I had a guy tell me you're a nice girl but you should get married and have kids being in the finance business
        kimbutgar
        Dec 2023
        #6
      
        
        This Casey fellow is obviously an asshole. So the TikTok'er views men's advice as poor b/c that guy is an asshole?
        TeamProg
        Dec 2023
        #11
      
        
        I agree, so to say "I no longer take men's advice" as the TikTok'er post is absurd.  And to agree
        TeamProg
        Dec 2023
        #47
      
        
        What's absurd is you twisting ordinary statements into all or nothing. . . nt
        Bernardo de La Paz
        Dec 2023
        #50
      
        
        I don't know if it is that you "don't understand, " "can't understand," or REFUSE to try to understand...
        hlthe2b
        Dec 2023
        #82
      
        
        Regarding career advice in the late 70s, I was wise not to take my loving dad's advice.
        MLAA
        Dec 2023
        #42
      
        
        It's also interesting that you think your continued posting improves your credibility
        Orrex
        Dec 2023
        #84
      
        
        Your logic fails. She is not basing it on ONE guy. :eyes: . . . . . nt
        Bernardo de La Paz
        Dec 2023
        #43
      
        
        Neither do I, except to cost Musk. I block his cookies, his ads, his trackers
        Bernardo de La Paz
        Dec 2023
        #20
      
        
        Yep. I was fortunate enough to work for one of the world's largest corporations from 1973 until 2003.
        sinkingfeeling
        Dec 2023
        #29
      
        
        I started working for a company in 82 that was often touted as the best company to work for during the 70s-90s
        MLAA
        Dec 2023
        #33
      
        
        Really?  Studies show that men talk more than women in meetings, groups, and converstations.  A LOT more!
        SharonAnn
        Dec 2023
        #56
      
        
        "Why would we take advice from people trying to control and kill us?" Say what???
        TeamProg
        Dec 2023
        #48
      
        
        Have you not read / heard about women fighting against abortion even if it could kill the mother?
        TeamProg
        Dec 2023
        #79
      
        
        You know what? My attempts at establishing relationships by being a supportive, respectful, nice guy have left me
        NBachers
        Dec 2023
        #49
      
        
        I feel sad that your attempts to be supportive, respectful and nice haven't been enough.
        ariadne0614
        Dec 2023
        #72
      
        
        Tbh, you deserve absolutely nothing for being supportive, respectful, and nice.
        Oneironaut
        Dec 2023
        #93
      
        
        There seems to be a few people commenting who are caught up in the semantics of. . .
        Collimator
        Dec 2023
        #60
      
        
        I'd rather blame a system of patriarchal conditioning, than the oblivious behavior of individual men.
        ariadne0614
        Dec 2023
        #66
      
        
        Having read through this very enlightening thread, I see that the anguished "but what
        niyad
        Dec 2023
        #69
      
        
        Counting my dad, 75 years of experience loving a man here and there makes me inclined to err
        ariadne0614
        Dec 2023
        #73
      
        
        I can't count how many times a guy mansplained something I know better than them to me.
        Oneironaut
        Dec 2023
        #91