asshole

You know, I like cold. It makes me happy, makes the air fresher and keeps me from falling asleep from boredom. I'm not really fond of cold when it means that my body falls asleep from bad blood circulation. And yes, it'd probably fall asleep anyway since the circulation isn't all that even if it's warm outside, but this really is stupid. I have my mittens on. MITTENS! Do you have any idea how hard it is to write on a keyboard with mittens?! Well, I had them on anyway - it was just too much of a challenge.

There's a big debate here in Sweden about equality between men and women. When it comes to salary women are still behind and they probably will be for decades to come, but when it comes to other aspects we're quite good on it I think. Well, there is that gym that has a section just for women. Which is a nice thought seeing as there are women who get raped and such and would like to use the gym, but men just scare them too much. Or when they just want to be left alone - away from preying eyes. Of course, the women are allowed in the normal training area and men don't have a section for themselves. So this gym got accused of not being equal and there was a big inquiry. The gym got freed of the accusations based on the reason I listed above.
Now, correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't equality between the sexes mean just that? Equal rights for both sides? Doesn't this mean that the men should also have a section to themselves?
Sweden is a great country in many ways, but this discussion is going a bit far in my opinion. Yes, my male collegues might make more money than me just because they're men (they don't, but that's really not the point), but I can get dressed in a skirt and a nice t-shirt and smile and get whatever I want from any man. Men can't do that. (Well, some can, but let's not get into that.) I can claim that my male collegues harass me sexually and sue the company and get a nice sum of money for my pain - can you even imagine the laughter if my male collegues said that about me? "She harassed me sexually!" The answer they'd get would probably be "oh, just admit you liked it".
I'm probably stupid and I'm sure all of the attack-feminists are gonna attack me for making the problem worse, but I prefer to see what I want to see. I don't see it as an obstacle for me if men make more money, I'm not really that into money anyway. If people wanna be careerdriven and work themselves to death it's more their problem than mine. I prefer to put on an apron and live in my kitchen.
No, jokes aside, let me give you a tip I once got in "one of those filthy magazines which just objectify women". Your boss won't actually see how much you work (unless you boss works with you of course). What your boss will see is your attendance and will. Why do you think I tell my boss that "I don't really care about when I have vacation - just put it somewhere where it fits the schedule"? Fine, so I really don't care, but also because when I ask for a day off I know I'll get it. If there's work to be done in the weekend and you clearly see that everyone would rather have a rootcanalfilling than say yes, I offer. More goodwill, more power, more nice words when you leave the company.
Yes, I might be an asshole who degrades women's right to exactly everything men have, but I will always come first and I will always get what I want. Mainly because I know how to get it.