Comment on Happy international women's day

surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

• JasonDJ@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  96% of the day is better than 76% of the day.

  It’s a bullshit part of the day we lose, anyway. Seriously, who uses 2am?

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  • Psionicsickness@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    The wage gap is a myth.

    You see, men tend to take jobs that pay better, like doctor, lawyer, or engineer.

    Women, on the other hand, take lesser paying roles, like girl doctor, girl lawyer, or girl engineer.

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    • yermaw@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      I hate this argument because (the real one) makes sense to me. Ive only ever earned minimum wage and my bosses have largely been women earning more than me.

      At mcdonalds we’d get “merit based” annual pay rises, and the fit skinny teenage girls got 30p and my target-smashing ass got 2p.

      My lived experience is the exact flip reverse opposite of what I was getting told off for.

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      • zikzak025@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        You’re on the bottom floor in an unskilled profession, which in my experience is capable of dehumanizing everyone equally. Everyone is just a wage slave, seen as replaceable by their corporate overlords. But there’s a good chance your bosses who are largely women are earning less than their male peers.

        When you start looking at fields where people tend to have degrees or certifications, you’ll find women who are just as qualified, have just as much student debt, and have the same workload as their male peers are often paid less for some reason.

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  • prettybunnys@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I think I coulda used 2am

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  • HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    i wake up every night at 1am and fall back asleep at 2:15ish. if i could fall asleep in the first place

    growing up the train went by at 1. it was far enough away that it didn’t fully wake me up, but my circadians synced to it. when i moved out of the home for college I started waking up because I didn’t hear it and it took me until i went back home the first break i actually went home, I don’t remember which, and i slept again. i stayed up just because and at 1 there was a train. suddenly i it was obvious.

    my parents eventually moved across town. far enough away that you couldn’t hear the train at night. when i moved in with my parents to help dad die peacefully and comfortably and to help ease the burden on mom, i noticed he was up every night at 1 too. funny how things work. it’s been 25 years now and i’m still doing it.

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