Thank you for posting this. This kind of dynamic is one that is currently playing out for me in my own life. I have people in my life who have generational wealth, as well as deep roots in the...
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Thank you for posting this. This kind of dynamic is one that is currently playing out for me in my own life. I have people in my life who have generational wealth, as well as deep roots in the history of the city I live in. I am a minority low income woman. Despite many of the implications in this situation, I'll stick with the article's topic and say that I often experience a blindness toward challenges I deal with. For example, I had been sexually harassed by an interviewer for a job I had applied for. He eventually tried to get me alone in a private setting. When I declined, I was no longer eligible for the job. Nobody did anything to help me. Nobody was even willing to talk about it, even though I was mostly hurt and just needed emotional support. I had to deal with it alone, so in a last pathetic effort to vent/feel heard, I posted about it on social media. A relative who is a lawyer told me to take the post down or I could be sued for libel. Gee...thanks.
I have often felt that being a low income woman carries all kinds of stereotypes, like women with less income are "tougher" because they experience more hardship, so "they're used to it, they've toughened up". Or that support isn't needed because that cycle will never change for them. Not unless "they change their financial circumstances themselves". That line of thinking bothers me because it dismisses any of the million and one other obstacles and prejudices women face. I also feel low income women are judged as having "chosen" a low income lifestyle. Or that there must be something wrong with them or they're lazy or they're addicts.
Thank you for posting this. This kind of dynamic is one that is currently playing out for me in my own life. I have people in my life who have generational wealth, as well as deep roots in the history of the city I live in. I am a minority low income woman. Despite many of the implications in this situation, I'll stick with the article's topic and say that I often experience a blindness toward challenges I deal with. For example, I had been sexually harassed by an interviewer for a job I had applied for. He eventually tried to get me alone in a private setting. When I declined, I was no longer eligible for the job. Nobody did anything to help me. Nobody was even willing to talk about it, even though I was mostly hurt and just needed emotional support. I had to deal with it alone, so in a last pathetic effort to vent/feel heard, I posted about it on social media. A relative who is a lawyer told me to take the post down or I could be sued for libel. Gee...thanks.
I have often felt that being a low income woman carries all kinds of stereotypes, like women with less income are "tougher" because they experience more hardship, so "they're used to it, they've toughened up". Or that support isn't needed because that cycle will never change for them. Not unless "they change their financial circumstances themselves". That line of thinking bothers me because it dismisses any of the million and one other obstacles and prejudices women face. I also feel low income women are judged as having "chosen" a low income lifestyle. Or that there must be something wrong with them or they're lazy or they're addicts.