I have a phone interview for a job in about 20 minutes, so this will be our “white male privilege” experiment.
If I get the job, it’s true.
If I don’t get the job, it’s false.
Wish me luck!!!
[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
LIFTICVSMAXIMVS wrote:
nephorm wrote:
If anyone is immediately behind me, or within 20 seconds of catching up to me, I will hold the door for him or her. I don’t care who it is.
20 seconds is a long time to wait for a dude. If a dude isn’t within arms reach of the door when I am walking thru it he’ll just have to figure out how to open it on his own.
Yeah, 20 seconds is a bit long.[/quote]
Perhaps I overstated. I do have a tendency to slow down as I approach, however, so that the holding portion is not awkwardly prolonged.
[quote]Ultimate Badass wrote:
I have a phone interview for a job in about 20 minutes, so this will be our “white male privilege” experiment.
If I get the job, it’s true.
If I don’t get the job, it’s false.
Wish me luck!!![/quote]
I have to recuse myself from this thread as I am calling some guy to interview him in a minute. The funny thing is, he seems like a white guy, so the job is practically his already.
DB
[quote]buckeye girl wrote:
Ultimate Badass wrote:
buckeye girl wrote:
But…I wouldn’t worry too much about it. All these things related to the social sciences are useless anyway. (Yes, I’m making a reference to that old thread) Plus, I’m not going to play the game where we argue over whether or not men and women are equal, deserve to be equal, or if equality is even possible.
You said all this based on nothing I had posted. You just jumped to conclusions about me.
And I also don’t see why you get so aggressive about a man opening a door for you. Can’t people be courteous in this day and age?
Apparently my sarcasm doesn’t travel well over the internet.
As far as door holding…I guess I’m just independent bitch that is too stubborn for her own good. If I’m capable of doing something on my own, I want to do it on my own.[/quote]
Whats happening to this idea that being independent is the cool thing for women now. I want a woman who lets me hold the door and be the MAN in the relationship.
[quote]joshjuk wrote:
Whats happening to this idea that being independent is the cool thing for women now. I want a woman who lets me hold the door and be the MAN in the relationship.[/quote]
I think men and women are still trying to figure out how to respect the fact that we are different, i.e. man is man, and woman is woman, yet equal. Personally, I wouldn’t want to have a totally subservient woman any more than I would want to be a pussy whipped “man” myself.
[quote]dollarbill44 wrote:
I have to recuse myself from this thread as I am calling some guy to interview him in a minute. The funny thing is, he seems like a white guy, so the job is practically his already.
DB[/quote]
The man interviewing me told me the last person to hold the position was a woman. I am taking a job that a woman formerly held. I am the devil.
[quote]Ultimate Badass wrote:
dollarbill44 wrote:
I have to recuse myself from this thread as I am calling some guy to interview him in a minute. The funny thing is, he seems like a white guy, so the job is practically his already.
DB
The man interviewing me told me the last person to hold the position was a woman. I am taking a job that a woman formerly held. I am the devil.[/quote]
I don’t believe they care if you are a man or a women, so long as you can say “Welcome to MCdonalds”.
You know who’s a douche? It’s that chittchatt guy in the comments section below the article. Lol.
[quote]Testy1 wrote:
I don’t believe they care if you are a man or a women, so long as you can say “Welcome to MCdonalds”.[/quote]
I have to wait six months before they let me talk to the customers.
I can’t believe one comment about holding doors and the term male privilege could ignite such controversy.
For the record, I see nothing wrong with holding the door for a few extra seconds because someone is close behind.
It’s irritating when guys rush in front to open the door before I do, or, when someone will just stand there for what seems like 5 minutes holding the door and waiting for me to walk through.
[quote]buckeye girl wrote:
It’s irritating when guys rush in front to open the door before I do, or, when someone will just stand there for what seems like 5 minutes holding the door and waiting for me to walk through. [/quote]
You should retaliate by holding the door open for these men the next time you see them.
Considering that Asian men have the highest median income in the US would it be appropriate to use the term Asian Male Privilege?
It is also well known that Jews in the US possess wealth and political power that is grossly disproportionate to their numbers. With this in mind how does everyone feel about the use of the term Jewish Male Privilege?
[quote]Regular Gonzalez wrote:
Considering that Asian men have the highest median income in the US would it be appropriate to use the term Asian Male Privilege?
It is also well known that Jews in the US possess wealth and political power that is grossly disproportionate to their numbers. With this in mind how does everyone feel about the use of the term Jewish Male Privilege?
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I think me, and my fellow white males miht have to start lynching people again.
[quote]buckeye girl wrote:
It’s irritating when guys rush in front to open the door before I do, or, when someone will just stand there for what seems like 5 minutes holding the door and waiting for me to walk through. [/quote]
So when you go out of your way to do something for another person, should they be irritated with you?
[quote]Regular Gonzalez wrote:
buckeye girl wrote:
It’s irritating when guys rush in front to open the door before I do, or, when someone will just stand there for what seems like 5 minutes holding the door and waiting for me to walk through.
You should retaliate by holding the door open for these men the next time you see them.
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I actually do that to my boyfriend sometimes. This is simply because I have a tendency to walk very fast regardless of where I’m going and what I’m doing so I typically get there first.
If I hold the door so that he can enter first, it’s usually done in a mocking way (not of him, but of the act itself) I’ve never really thought about that, and the mocking isn’t really intentional, or meant to express how I feel about it, but I guess it kind of does…maybe…a little.
[quote]Ultimate Badass wrote:
buckeye girl wrote:
It’s irritating when guys rush in front to open the door before I do, or, when someone will just stand there for what seems like 5 minutes holding the door and waiting for me to walk through.
So when you go out of your way to do something for another person, should they be irritated with you?[/quote]
If it’s interpretable as a gendered expression of power, I say yes.
[quote]Aleksandr wrote:
If it’s interpretable as a gendered expression of power, I say yes.[/quote]
I guess this is where we actually disagree then, because I do not view the act of opening a door for a woman, but not a man, as a gendered expression of power. I see it as an act of grace.
[quote]Ultimate Badass wrote:
Aleksandr wrote:
If it’s interpretable as a gendered expression of power, I say yes.
I guess this is where we actually disagree then, because I do not view the act of opening a door for a woman, but not a man, as a gendered expression of power. I see it as an act of grace.[/quote]
Knock yourself out. But don’t be shocked if not all women appreciate it.
[quote]Aleksandr wrote:
Knock yourself out. But don’t be shocked if not all women appreciate it.[/quote]
The region we live in probably has something to do with it too. I live in the southern U.S., so I think it’s more accepted here then other places.
To each his own. Have a good one.
There is no thing a man can do, that another will not find some way to find fault with it.