Yeah in a group, you maybe will want to get loud and angry. I don't know about Israeli culture, but sometimes in the U.S. there is an attitude that if always explain tactfully, it must not be that important to you.
To explicate a bit more from Dana: yeah "woman should be obscene and not heard" was a big part of it, With rape, and lesser cousins like groping no big deal. Also less extreme: to many men the proper role of women in the movement was making coffee and doing the typing and the mimeographing and the shit work. Woman who spoke at meetings would be interrupted and ignored much more then men. A woman who was dating a leader might be given a little more responsiblity. If she could be trusted with precious leaderdick, she could be trusted more than your average woman, though not as much as a man. Don't know how similar to your situation, but certainly commonalities.
And New Left males mostly ignored complaints as personal problems until confronted in a group. And still resistant, but had to take it more seriously after that.
Shir, I can't even imagine, and I wish I had more to offer you than support. Any way you handle this is going to be incredibly personal to you, but if anyone can affect change it's you.
Oh Deena, that's ridiculous. I don't blame you for keeping them home tomorrow if the weather warrants.
Sure, we're in the upper midwest in winter, it'll only snow really badly two days per year.
Deena, that ridiculous. I understand budget cuts, but most schools are very concerned about liability also (even w/o the whole silly "safety" issue, @@).
I can't imagine a school deciding in KC that tomorrow would be a "2-hour delay."
I mean, the state has called out the Nat'l Guard, and KC has declared a state of emergency. Courts, city halls, the airport is closed. If a school tried to open, I can't imagine anyone SHOWING UP, including teachers. It's likely many people won't be able to get out of their driveways tomorrow morning, whether it be at 7 am or 9 am.
He's fine. I wasn't as bothered until he told me they had to take him out the emergency door, which makes me think it wasn't quite as minor as they said it was.
The news tells us to expect our power to go out. I can't tell how seriously to take them, but 10k homes were without power this morning for several hours.
I got home safe. The roads are pretty icy. I really hope they're better tomorrow, but I doubt it.
Erin! Did you see that they closed down Hwy 70 through most of Missouri?
I did, Anne. Pretty much from east KC to St. Louis. Crazy, huh?
I haven't heard about any power outages in KC, and that is all I wanted from this storm -- don't lose power!
I have gotten a bunch of grading done, and cleaned my kitchen. I hope to get the rest of the grading done tomorrow, and my bedroom and my closet cleaned!
If we are out Thursday, which seems increasingly likely, as it will be -10 for the low and 9 for the high, with decent wind chills AND I don't think the roads will be clear enough, I hope to get some laundry done.
Maybe I will make pumpkin cookies tonight. That would warm up the kitchen, and I could clean up after dinner without freezing.
I've got dinner in the oven. Brussels sprouts and garlic and chickpeas, with olive oil and lemon and oregano. It smells good.
