If "one week off a month" ever became a standard employment contract term that you couldn't opt out of, I can guarantee you that pretty much every single man would find a second job that they could work for one week a month.
Source: Am dude. Just went for a month without any days off, am burnt out af, was looking forward to having a week and a half off, until somebody called me up to offer me a gig in the middle of that week and a half, which I accepted without thinking.
This phenomenon is pretty well acknowledged as being the source of the wage gap in the first place, at least among people who are actually curious about explaining it rather than just using it as a talking point about women's oppression or whatever.
Well, if you insist, in April's Tongue-in-Cheek Menstrual Utopia, the men can simply call their jobs their "bro time" and then maybe we'll never have to have a wage gap conversation ever, ever again, because it's the most boring and dishonestly communicated feminist issues of all time
I read "The Red Tent" back in 2013 when I was hospitalized for a week after having a nervous breakdown from the bad relationship I was in. It helped me recover and passed the time pretty quickly, and ended up being one of my favorite books.
I've also, in a weird way, had the red tent experience and think it would go a long ways towards making everyone a little more sane if it was normalized. My experience was just hanging out in a yurt with a bunch of other women in the summer of 2009 when I was having my period. We were drinking wine, eating chocolate, and having the most witchy conversations in there lol. It was freaking glorious.
I think your idea would truly solve a lot of issues.
Also I'm angry about how the early period thing causes shorter than normal stature and metabolic issues. I definitely ended up short and my boyfriend keeps giving me shit about how I eat like I have a disorder... yeah, I HAVE to eat like I have a disorder to not have runaway weight gain.
Your yurt experience sounds amazing! I want to try this kind of thing so badly in real life!
Re: the shortness, I didn't even know that part until I looked it up, and I had to laugh. At a whopping 5'4" I am literally the tallest female in my family. My mom is an inch shorter, and my sister is 3 inches shorter. Although my dad's side isn't exactly tall, either, but damn if we all weren't some of the shortest people in Minnesota, land of Scandinavian giants lol
I really like this idea! I would definitely like to be a part of it if anyone is planning to build it. I was fortunate enough to have plenty of aunties and grandmas in my life to help me and I want to pass along the tradition if I can.
This sounds like a great solution to wage gap discourse. In exchange for 75% of the pay, women work 75% of the hours.
Ha.
I'd rather give men a similar deal to do their own bro-centric stuff, whatever that needs to be right now.
If "one week off a month" ever became a standard employment contract term that you couldn't opt out of, I can guarantee you that pretty much every single man would find a second job that they could work for one week a month.
Source: Am dude. Just went for a month without any days off, am burnt out af, was looking forward to having a week and a half off, until somebody called me up to offer me a gig in the middle of that week and a half, which I accepted without thinking.
This phenomenon is pretty well acknowledged as being the source of the wage gap in the first place, at least among people who are actually curious about explaining it rather than just using it as a talking point about women's oppression or whatever.
Well, if you insist, in April's Tongue-in-Cheek Menstrual Utopia, the men can simply call their jobs their "bro time" and then maybe we'll never have to have a wage gap conversation ever, ever again, because it's the most boring and dishonestly communicated feminist issues of all time
I dunno, I think job stacking vs. the Gooning 'n' Counterstrike Tent will be a tough call for a lot of fellas.
This is an amazing proposal.
I read "The Red Tent" back in 2013 when I was hospitalized for a week after having a nervous breakdown from the bad relationship I was in. It helped me recover and passed the time pretty quickly, and ended up being one of my favorite books.
I've also, in a weird way, had the red tent experience and think it would go a long ways towards making everyone a little more sane if it was normalized. My experience was just hanging out in a yurt with a bunch of other women in the summer of 2009 when I was having my period. We were drinking wine, eating chocolate, and having the most witchy conversations in there lol. It was freaking glorious.
I think your idea would truly solve a lot of issues.
Also I'm angry about how the early period thing causes shorter than normal stature and metabolic issues. I definitely ended up short and my boyfriend keeps giving me shit about how I eat like I have a disorder... yeah, I HAVE to eat like I have a disorder to not have runaway weight gain.
Your yurt experience sounds amazing! I want to try this kind of thing so badly in real life!
Re: the shortness, I didn't even know that part until I looked it up, and I had to laugh. At a whopping 5'4" I am literally the tallest female in my family. My mom is an inch shorter, and my sister is 3 inches shorter. Although my dad's side isn't exactly tall, either, but damn if we all weren't some of the shortest people in Minnesota, land of Scandinavian giants lol
Oh hey, we're neighbors! Lol. I'm in Sioux Falls SD
I moved to Virginia where people are shorter, but I'm still a Minnesotan at heart. Howdy (and uffda), neighbor 😄
I really like this idea! I would definitely like to be a part of it if anyone is planning to build it. I was fortunate enough to have plenty of aunties and grandmas in my life to help me and I want to pass along the tradition if I can.
I just finished writing my own take on the subject (https://open.substack.com/pub/saipandit/p/age-of-puberty-in-girls?r=rx1y4&utm_medium=ios) and although I have not proposed any practical ideas at the end of it, I think that building “red tent”s is a very good start.
Wow you’ve really thought this out
I never knew about the age getting earlier. Thanks for the information