(September 29, 2017 at 11:38 pm)Godscreated Wrote: You continue to show your childish ways, if being a feminist is your choice so be it, but you should understand if you want to be treated as men treat each other you're going to have to suck it up and take the heat. There's no room in this kind of attitude for the weak and there's nothing but equal treatment and men can be unkind to each other. Equal status receives equal treatment. Not threatening you just saying that's the world of men.I've worked in male-dominated fields for years, and I've had traditionally male hobbies since I was a child. I was a senior IT technician at a university and taught courses in hardware and software. I've always been the primary breadwinner for my family (and cheerfully rid myself of a lazy, unfaithful and abusive spouse). I've done plumbing, roofing, framing carpentry, electrical work and electronics, concrete, ceramics, paint, wallpaper and plaster. I also cook, sew, knit, crochet, maintain a garden, and brew my own mead.
I've paid off not one but two mortgages on two different houses. I manage my own investments. I can look at financial statements and explain them to you in plain English. I do my own taxes. I've administered a couple of estates. I've been elected to boards of directors in community organizations.
I've studied 6 languages formally and can recognize bits and pieces of 20 more, including Latin, Hebrew and Greek. I once won a regional math competition, and my SATs were in the high 700s. I can sight-read music for multiple instruments. I write, paint, sculpt, and do interior design. I've shot a gun, shot a bow, wielded a fencing foil and a handful of Oriental weapons, and attained various ranks in several martial arts. When I was in my 30s I could bench my own weight. I'm still very much a novice at astronomy, but filling in the gaps in my knowledge very fast.
(Oh, yes -- I've given birth, too. My daughter is an adult, also has a positive net worth and no debts, and is self-employed.)
I am your worst fucking nightmare -- a woman so dedicated to knowledge and so determined to acquire it that she will take the time to learn a new skill just for the sheer fun of it, and then turn that skill against you and smile quietly as she walks away.