Talks With My Sister

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Clarissa

November 30, 2012

Clarissa: Look, I’m starting to feel bad for your employee David. He’s the only man among 5 older women. You keep telling him what to do, one of you makes sexual comments to him, you just offered him money to shave his beard because you don’t like beards. Just think what it would be like if we were talking about a young woman working with five men who treated her this way.

Sister: Yes, but you are forgetting that he is a Jewish boy. This is what he is used to.

After which, I spent two minutes beating my head against the floor and laughing hysterically.

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20 responses to “Talks With My Sister”

JE

November 30, 2012

“Just think what it would be like if we were talking about a young woman working with five men who treated her this way.”

Strange to see a feminist say this. Most (at least most of the ones you run into online) feminist dismiss the validity of such comparisons. It doesn’t sound like a very friendly work space so thumbs up for speaking out.

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1. bloggerclarissa
  
  November 30, 2012
  
  “Strange to see a feminist say this. Most (at least most of the ones you run into online) feminist dismiss the validity of such comparisons.”
  
  – Yes, it is sad that the level of prevailing feminist discourse in online discussions is very poor. I, however, am a true feminist! 🙂
  
  ” It doesn’t sound like a very friendly work space so thumbs up for speaking out.”
  
  – The people who work there are all close friends, so there is no need to worry. 🙂
  
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Kellen

November 30, 2012

And a young woman’s parents might chide her for being fat, or not being married, but it would still be weird for 5 older men at an office to treat her that way at work.

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JE

November 30, 2012

I think “weird” is an understatement

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lamestllama

November 30, 2012

What country is your sister in? I am assuming somewhere as yet unenlightened maybe the Ukraine or the USA?

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1. bloggerclarissa
  
  November 30, 2012
  
  Canada.
  
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  1. Titfortat
    
    November 30, 2012
    
    Isnt she in Quebec, the hotbed of Feminism in Canada? 🙂
    
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    1. bloggerclarissa
      
      November 30, 2012
      
      Yes, Quebec.
      
      What’s upsetting is that finally I share a home-produced Jewish joke and nobody cares. Everybody wants to keep bitchin’ about feminism. This is more proof that feminism has become extremely prestigious.
      
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  2. Daran
    
    November 30, 2012
    
    “Everybody wants to keep bitchin’ about feminism.”
    
    I haven’t said a word.
    
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    1. bloggerclarissa
      
      November 30, 2012
      
      And thank you for that! 🙂
      
      I’m kidding, folks. Talk about whatever you want.
      
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Titfortat

November 30, 2012

Lol, youre missing the other part of the joke. As a quebecer I get the jewish part but I also see the prestigious humour in the rest of it. 😉

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1. bloggerclarissa
  
  November 30, 2012
  
  I write about feminism a lot, so this subject is kind of old. I thought we could discuss something different for a change. But people seem to clamor for more feminism.
  
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Leah Jane

November 30, 2012

Aw, the poor bubele, I want to bring him some matzo ball soup after hearing that story. 🙂

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1. bloggerclarissa
  
  November 30, 2012
  
  Ah, I knew a Jewish woman would know what I’m talking about. 🙂 🙂
  
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  1. Leah Jane
    
    November 30, 2012
    
    Chicken matzo ball soup is the perfect cure for every Jewish boy’s woes, particularly after a session of affectionate henpecking. (Yes, that’s a deliberately bad pun)
    
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charlesrowley

November 30, 2012

When they tried to bribe him to shave his beard, I trust that he gave them the finger. Am I correct in thinking that there would go all his strength?

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kelly

December 1, 2012

There are days in which I get truly exhausted right in the very early morning and late in the evening. Why?. Because in the very early morning sister gets the highest English fever. And late in the evening fiancé gets even more high sex fever than sister English fever. In the end, they will kill me.

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1. bloggerclarissa
  
  December 1, 2012
  
  You are very mysterious, Kelly.
  
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  1. kelly
    
    December 1, 2012
    
    How so, Clarissa?
    
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    1. bloggerclarissa
      
      December 1, 2012
      
      I don’t know, only you can tell me what makes you who you are. 🙂 It’s a good quality. I wish I could learn to be more mysterious and less transparent.
      
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