I read this post about sexism yesterday and it reminded me of a story told to me by a girl I know.
This story was about her conversation with a guy in the HR department with some company. This company wanted her for an internship position this summer.
This HR guy was telling her the locations that this mediocre company had to offer. They featured Lansing, Michigan, somewhere in Ohio, someplace overseas, and somewhere else. The guy asked her which location would she be interested in.
She knew she didn’t want to go to Ohio because she had in internship in Ohio last summer. She didn’t really want to go to Lansing, Michigan because she’s from Michigan and because Lansing isn’t anything special. But she also didn’t want to be counted out because she didn’t want to go to those locations.
She told the HR guy that she had no preference and it didn’t matter which location she was offered.
The HR guy said, “Yeah I guess as long as there’s a mall around huh (chuckle chuckle).”
She didn’t like that at all and decided that she wouldn’t have any dealings with that company.
When she talked to me about it, I told her it’s smart for her to leave that company alone. If they’ll make those sexist jokes now when they’re trying to recruit her, it’ll only get worse once she’s locked in for a summer and has to take it or be labeled as that angry black chick.
Do you think that was a sexist comment and was a sign of things to come? Or do you think it wasn’t that bad and she should’ve taken the internship?
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