Quick random update - and a mini rant, I have no time for more

[sparkindarkness]

I will post fic, at some point. I promise!

This week is just wrong. I got exams, oral assessments, essays and normal work (which doesn't for a minute let off for a little thingh like major assessments). Add in that normal work decided to actually INCREASE work load. Sleep? Sleep is for the WEAK! Matters worse? I'm going to a concert on Saturday, have picked up extra shifts for more money less debt.

And to top it all, I'm in a long range political rant on my other journal concenring the Iraq war, and a couple of dozen others on other groups or just by e-mails (including complete strangers). And that doesn;t even begin to include the boyfriend issues. Oh, and my net-religious-stalker is back. Fun. I will comment on Nanos. I will read fic. I will write fic... but not quite yet... 'kay



So just the mini-rant. Sexual harassment. Hear me ladies at the pub for it cuts both ways. If I (assuming I was so enclined) decided to grab the backside or fondle the breasts of a barmaid, I would have my face slapped followed by a law suite. And rightly so. In the same vein, my back pockets are empty and do not require your hands to dive within them. If I bend over to pick something up, iut is not an invite. Cries to "get 'em off" are not amusing after the dozenth time, doubly so if you're fiddling with/pulling off buttons. Frankly going straight for the groin would loose you browney points if I WAS straight. ESPECIALLY when you're pissed and have all the natural grace of an elephant with middle ear trouble. I shouldn't have to, and don't want to, declare I'm gay/already taken to have you remove your hands from INSIDE my trousers. And believe me when I say I am not "asking for it" wearing tight trousers - especially when I aren't. If I put my hand down your blouse and said you're asking for it for wearing a low cut top you'd be spitting blood.

And it's not just a "gay" thing. My fellow bar men are equally hacked off about it. Yeah, maybe they wouldn't be if you were Naomi Campbell, but hey, I imagine some women wouldn't be if it was Brad Pitt; but then many still would,a dn so would they.

Comments

[home-of-usher.livejournal.com]

Heh, I must have my brain washed. i was thinking dirty as soon as you posted 'Oral Assessments'. *snickers*

Ahem. Now the serious stuff. *pets* Dun worry bout the fans you have waiting on ya. (as I am the very patient sort and hope the rest follow my example) Work is work and keeps you fed, housed and clothed, so it comes first. But we shall wait with baited breath for your posts, comments and stories.

As for the harassement thing, RIGHT ON BROTHA! Speak it up! There must be some sort og beacn or something. A signal that goes out to all the patrons in a club that details what kind of people you cannot tolorate groaping you, and then these exact people gravitate to your location. That's just my theory. But damn right it's an annoyance.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, would be much better tests...oh yes. *sudden unwanted images of law lecturers, except the two cute ones in an oral assessment* oh great, I'm going to be stuck with that image all day.

Thankee, but never before have I allowed the practical to take over my life. I refuse to allow it now!

Yeah, that's another thing. The people doing the groping are ALWAYS the person you want to slap a restraining order on the minute you see them. Guess it goes with the territory.

[ephemera.livejournal.com]

as an ex-bar wench - I hear you. Pissant idiots with grabby hands. Grrrrrrrr.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

And they then have the nerve to look shocked when you get pissy about it!

[phoenix-fawn6.livejournal.com]

Ouch. Your week sounds painful.
Your other journal sounds entertaining. (Me, missing having intelligent conversations? Nah.)
You have a 'net-religious-stalker'? How does that work?

On the mini-rant: It bothers me that few people seem to realize that men can be sexually harrassed too. What makes it worse is that frequently men are supposed to be 'strong and tough,' so it shouldn't bother you if you're being sexually harassed, right? *rolls eyes* And god forbid a man were to file a sexual harassment lawsuit against a woman!
Two situations: Man fondles unwilling woman, gets slapped. Reaction: 'Good for you girl, you stand up to him.'
'Woman fondles unwilling man, gets told to stop. Reaction: He's a spoilsport, he was asking for it, he's mean, whatever.
When people talk about gender inequality? They often forget about this stuff. (Radical feminists scare me.)

Sorry you're having problems with it. *tries to think of possible solutions* ... wear a sign that says 'Don't touch,' or 'Paws off'? (Eh, somehow I doubt that would help at all.) Not very helpful, am I? Sorry.

Oh, but have all the natural grace of an elephant with middle ear trouble. *laughs* That's amusing. Thank you.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

Net religious stalker = religious bigot who has my e-mail address and sends me his... considered opinion regarding everything. I would appreciate it more if it was a debate rather than his every argument starting "the bible says" or "God says" or "my priest says" like that should instantly convince me.

Debates are wearing out, but I do occasional political rant on my dark_prophet journal - where I am generally considered atheist and straight so people who live round me won't learn anything I don't want them to.

Sexual harrassment, up to and including rape, of men is a neglected issue. And we have a culture that really throws shame on a guy who complains; like guys are supposed to like it or something. Heh, maybe some guys do, I don't know, but general consensus seems to be no.

I was thinking of putting painful electrode traps in pockets and stuff... one colleague has taken to turning round, grinning and groping back. She complains, he claims he assumed she was inviting it since she started it.


hmmmm... amusing, but you'd be surprised at how many women don't realise how sensitive the male genatalia is.

[phoenix-fawn6.livejournal.com]

Trying to convert you by spouting religious babble through e-mail? Does this person really think that'll work?

Atheistic and straight... sounds boring. But I understand not wanting people near by to find out certain things.

Ooh, ooh, put mousetraps in your pockets... oh wait, that wouldn't quite work. But it would be funny. I like your colleague's method too.

I really don't understand the logic (or lack thereof) behind the idea that guys aren't supposed to complain about things like that. It just doesn't make sense.

Your dark_prophet journal amuses me. Not so much in the funny, ha ha way (although there is some of that) but because it's entertaining. Your rants give an interesting perspective on the news I get from places like CNN and NPR.

[sparkindarkness.livejournal.com]

He seems to think it will, or maybe he just enjoys being a bigot. I find he has comedic value.

Ah yes, 'tis more boring than sprakindarkness and for the past, well ages, it has been a political rant jounal more than anything else, but I do post resumes on insane family members and occasional life posts that don't end up here (mainly because here was originally designed as a fic journal and a journal for those things I couldn't/wouldn't put on my other) and if I can grant new persepectives thos can always be a good thing. The news at the minute is too scary not to think about.