M says I “have one on me” lately. For the non-Brit readers, this means something similar to “having a bee in my bonnet” or simply being generally irritable. 😛
It is probably true…. Between fighting depression and wanting to sleep, hormonal imbalance, feeling fat these days (no, I know I am not, but I feel it!), starting to look for work, trying to keep up with other work and stay sane through our continual transition period, I cannot imagine why I might “have one on me”! Can you??? 😉
In any case, we were watching this documentary last night about four women who decided to row across the Pacific Ocean – the Coxless Crew. The documentary is on Netflix called Losing Sight of Shore. What an amazing feat and test of character for these women. Yet, throughout they were called “girls”. WTF?
After my little rant on that, we started watching The Matrix and in the opening scene, the policeman says “I think we can handle one little girl” referring to Trinity, who is a major badass! Of course, in this scene, I get the irony of using the term “girl” to refer to her because we find out – if you don’t already know – that she is far from a “little girl”.
Still, this takes me to a discussion on microaggressions and our lack of progress in society where we still belittle the female gender. This kind of mentality and behavior is encouraged in every scene and setting of life from high school gym class to the office and to the home. We justify it by saying “It’s a just cultural” like M saying that the use of it in the documentary is “British middle-class” as if to say it is okay.
It is not okay. It is not okay to belittle women or to over empower men. Although our physical and mental statures may have differences, it does not mean that we should judge one as better than another. Instead, imagine if we looked at each other as equals with different gifts to offer. Our different gifts give us balance like yin and yang. One is not stronger or better than the other, instead we need both for healthy unity.
So, yes, maybe I do “have one on me”, but do you blame me? 😛
~T 😀
