Monday
17Nov2008
So You Wanna Play Ball
Monday, November 17, 2008 at 19:43
Today I was told that I would no longer be on the team that works in South America due to the fact that I am female – I asked the question “what part of female prevents me from doing my job?”
“They” could not come up with any concrete evidence that my gender equated to stupidity or incompetency so now I’m back on the team. A team no one wants me to be on – especially since I asked what requirement prevents females from going to South America.
The fact is: I just finished working in the part of the world that is the mother of all “keeping the woman” down – the Middle East. Granted, the country I was specifically in was more progressive, but in general men and women were very much segregated and not equal economically or socially. Men, legitimized women – if you can wrap your head around that.
I never saw a woman in their Armed Forces, I never saw a woman working in management or upper management. I never saw a woman cab driver. I saw women working as sales people in high end car dealerships or western style shopping mall stores. I saw women working in western hotels such as the Ritz Carlton or Four Seasons. Once I went to a concert at a school and I saw that most of the teachers were women (they put their photo up outside their classroom door).
I understand that many women in the Middle East are highly educated. Once they have their degree I don’t know if they stay in the Middle East or not - I just don't know enough about the topic to speak beyond personal experience.
I once met a Kuwaiti woman that was living in Minnesota and did a lot of work in Dubai as an architect. She spoke perfect English, Arabic, Farsi, French, Spanish and some German. She said she was more comfortable living in America—Minnesota specifically. Even though she was obviously not a Nordic looking, blonde haired person like what you might normally see in Minnesota. Not to mention she wasn’t Lutheran but Muslim. Despite this, she felt more comfortable living in Minnesota.
If you think about it, maybe she was a little crazy – how does one feel more comfortable in the Frozen Tundra when they were raised in the desert? Even people from Minnesota are not comfortable in Minnesota unless it’s June or September.
When all was said and done, I had no more or no less trouble working in the Middle East then I had working in Europe or the US. This was the first time it was just laid right down on the table, in writing: I was not welcome do to the fact I lack a penis.
What they didn’t count on was the size of my balls.
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Reader Comments (9)
Miami here I come.
It's a phenomenom that happens in the military--could possibly be military urban legend. You see them in the grocery store. Smokin' hot, clean cut guys with very large women that were probably smokin' hot back in high school. That and the 70 some percent divorce rate tells you how happy these ladies really are.
By the way -- saw photos from my 20 year high school reunion -- the prom queen is now very large ... she grew into her breasts (so to speak). So, I'm guessing, it's not just a military phenomenom.
I once had one of those BMWs. Well, not of my own...
Or was it more like just a rental from an owner that didn't know it was being rented out?
OR -- was it more like you went to test drive it a few times and just didn't make the next step to purchase?