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In reply to the discussion: "Why I don't take advice from men." [View all]niyad
(120,041 posts)68. JFC, have you NOT been paying attention to what is happening??? Never
mind. I understand completely.
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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