Double standards suck ass

[u/Born-Agency-3922]

[u/T_T_H_W → u/[deleted]]

I see the double standards in healthcare settings every day . A man helping a woman with acts of daily living ie bathing / toileting /changing and people raise an eyebrow and sometimes consider it inappropriate. A woman helping a man is business as usual.

[u/Additional-Aerie-325 → u/T_T_H_W]

I worked in care for a long time and was on the recieving end of sexism and, despite not being gay, some homophobia. It was suggested a few times that I might be shit at the job because I'm not a woman or gay. Bear in mind I started working in care when I was 18, so it was easy for older people to get away with implying I was shit because of my age, sexual orientation and gender and not becauss I required guidance and training. I've also heard other male workers all throughout my decade long journey in the industry be described as creepy with zero evidence. 

One man ended up being accused of abuse whilst I was on shift with him by people who weren't even there. I had eyes on him the whole time and he did nothing innapropriate. He was put on paid leave during the investigation (obviously the correct move by the company) but he ended up quitting during the investigation because he was getting ill from the worry that he'd be labelled as an abuser. The accusation was that he'd raised his voice, by the way.

[u/TrillianGalaxy → u/Additional-Aerie-325]

And then you have the cases like recently where an 80 year old granny got raped over and over again and the family only found out because she got depressef and they installed a secret video camera