• infinitesunrise@slrpnk.net
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    2 days ago

    So my body isn’t just permanently injured from being pressured into lifting things at work that I couldn’t lift… I was being misgendered, too??

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      2 days ago

      I fucking love how my dad made me work at a warehouse in middleschool with justification “it will make you grow up stronger.”

      Having back pain at 20 is definetely making me feel strong. I should have implicitly known how to use my legs I guess.

      Tho it did help me get strong thighs in the end :3

  • JillyB@beehaw.org
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    3 days ago

    I worked in a factory for a bit. HR designated people as “heavies” or not which meant they could lift 50 pounds. No test or medical exam was done to create this distinction. All men were marked heavies and all women weren’t. It was a way for them to discriminate job roles based on gender without saying it.

  • snowsuit2654@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    3 days ago

    me last weekend when this trans girl I know on the internet asked me to help her move arcade games. she was like “LIFT!” and i was like “girl I’m trying you should have called someone else 😭”

    we did move the games tho 💪

  • dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    The moment I seriously started to wonder about my dad’s ability to assess social situations, he asked me to help with some labor out in a muddy field. I had to point out that I was wearing dress shoes and slacks at the time…

  • maria [she/her]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 days ago

    ive never really seen the “can carry items” as a gender thing- or even a clothing thing… peeps in the family are all willing to help and stuff, no matter how heavy ~

  • 4am@lemmy.zip
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    I’m the strong one, I’m not nervous
    I’m as tough as the crust of the Earth is
    I move mountains, I move churches
    And I glow, 'cause I know what my worth is