well, yesterday i had this conversation with the superior. we were chatting about the absence of another lesser superior due to her pregnancy. then promptly this superior of mine launched this sexist remark which sounds:
“this is the disadvantage of hiring a woman. they need too many days off. look at this so and so, she just asked for a month leave because she is getting married. what’s next? i believe she will ask for another leave due to pregnancy just like miss so and so. then i believe that there will be more then one pregnancy leave she will be asking after this. ah, susah….susaah (too bad….too bad)”
and my answer for this sexist reasoning is this:
“aih sir! you sound so bloodily funny. don’t you remember that day in and day out you are naging and naging us the un-married young chaps and chicks around to get married soon. kapan kawin? kapan kawin, that’s your constant questioning. nah, now she has decided to abide your demand and gotten married, but why you complain when she asks for a leave?”
my superior was at loss of words. and i knew i’d won the battle.

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May 27, 2009 at 6:00 am
Nana Podungge
so fed up with such remarks, about the disadvantages of hiring women.
I remember in one of my post several years ago with similar topic like this of yours, in my blog at http://afemaleguest.blog.co.uk I got one comment from a woman saying, “Men here also take many days off where women don’t do; such as when they get very tired after watching soccer games in the night, then they will be away from their office.” or “Men here are sometimes too drunk to go to the office.”
annoying, isn’t it?
May 27, 2009 at 6:02 am
colson
Good for you! Keep on outsmarting my fellow ignorant male chauvinist pigs. My female colleagues and compatriots did the same to me (and most men of my generation) – and we all benefited from it.
May 27, 2009 at 10:44 am
delvi
yeah nana this is not fair not fair………..
that’s why we need colson around, he rocks!
June 22, 2009 at 12:32 am
john
hey, i just posted a new post about this.
u ain’t gonna like it… : P