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Empathy towards people experiencing sexism, or an other form of discrimination, is a useful skill to develop.
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Submitted 9 months ago by vestmoria@linux.community to workreform@lemmy.world
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jeffw@lemmy.world 9 months ago
e_t_@kbin.pithyphrase.net 9 months ago
It sounds like you're male and so your sexist patient is nicer to you than to your female colleagues. The tone of this post strikes me as dismissive of their experience, like because he's not so bad to you, they must be exaggerating. You're not obligated to hate this patient on your coworkers' behalf, but maybe express some empathy for them?
Crow@slrpnk.net 9 months ago
My workplace is very similar to yours, I’m a guy and work.almost exclusively with women. Many people will treat me better and assume I have a higher position than my coworkers, it boils down to sexism. The same thing is happening to you, you are being treated better by this patient because you are a man. Your coworkers are just looking for some compassion or empathy from you. It would be good for you to offer that to them. You should also think about why you never saw this before and why you jump to this being a mean girls type situation.
DigitalTraveler42@lemmy.world 9 months ago
“Should I use my brain to make my own decisions, or should I save CPU and RAM by being an NPC?”