Sunday, November 28, 2004
While on field training, I was assigned to observe a senior member of my team for a whole day. I've heard people say things about him being a condescending know-it-all, which didn't exactly make me look forward to that day, but what the hell. I figured that nothing could go wrong as long as I kept everything professional. He was two hours late, and he was no Casanova, but the morning went reasonably well. We kept our conversations purely businesslike, and I tried to make the most out of the day by learning as much from him as I could about the job. This isnt so bad, I thought. I can take this. That is, until lunch came and he tried to make small talk with me.
"Do you like to watch movies?'
"Yup."
"So what kind of movies do you like to watch?"
"Anything, actually, as long as it isn't Steven Segal-type action or sci-fi."
"I bet your favorite type of movies are girly romance movies."
"What makes you say that?"
"Well, you're a girl, aren't you?"
Not wanting to be labeled as the bitchy new girl, I just tried to force a smile even if I almost choked on my lunch. I told myself to calm down and discreetly changed the topic.
"So, are you into sports?" (Thinking that talking about sports would show him that I wasn't a typical girly-girl.)
"Yup. I play basketball. What sport do YOU play?"
"Badminton."
"Oh, badminton. The fag sport."
"Come again?"
"Well, it's no challenge. Tennis pa siguro, pero badminton? I won't even break a sweat."
I could almost swear you could see the fumes coming out of my nostrils.
"Then let's play sometime. Let's see if you don't die from exhaustion after I'm done with you."
I am not normally arrogant, and I will be the first to admit that although I am a decent opponent, I am not the best player around. At that exact moment though, I wanted to shove my racket down his throat.
We live in a liberal society, where women are no longer judged by the wealth of her husband or her ability to cook a meal. Women are now free to pursue careers of their choice and are no longer confined to the dictates of society. I am very grateful to have been born into this generation, where voting is a right and not a privilege, where women are given enough esteem to be trusted with some of the most powerful positions in business and government, and where a woman is no longer off-limits to the concept of having ambition.
There are times, though, when I experience moments like this, that seem to be taken directly from the dark ages. I am not a hardcore feminist who hates men and want to wipe them off the face of the earth, but there are moments when I almost wish that I live in an all-female world... or at least makes me wish that I were a lesbian.
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