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What's something you've seen derail a woman's career? (lazysoci.al)
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We face a lot of pressures at work, and deal with systemic misogyny as well as our personal difficulties. What have you seen derail a woman's career?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, I derailed a woman's career once. She was the teaching nurse for my nursing assistant class, but she was a complete ding bat. She spent most of our lecture discussing a cutesy cookbook she was writing and "gave us a break" on our practicum, because she couldn't stand to be in the skilled nursing facility where we were supposed to be training for six hours a day.

So we would go and check in, then leave 15 minutes later. We didn't have the option of staying on our own, because we had no instructor/supervisor and the SNF workers didn't want us there just following them around asking questions.

I reported her. She was fired.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I see her as derailing it... you just did what needed to be done

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Still feel like an asshole when I think of it...