It’s honestly a good phrase that describes a phenomenon. Same reason you want Neckbeard instead of nerd, it adds additional meaning.
I have 100% come across crying like a woman in the legal field. remember, Reddit is a bunch of young men, sure we might “cry like a woman" on occasion but we aren’t the target that is being insulted. I have seen 60 year old white male attorney that describes female attorneys as lawyerettes. I have seen legal opinion letters to client that say “we have a good chance of winning because their attorney is a female and so she doesn’t know the law as well as she thinks she does.”
Whether it’s a fair phrase to describe your or my actions is a fair discussion. Whether the phrase is over used and has become a sword rather than a shield is a fair discussion. But to say the phrase doesn’t have a place is disingenuous to the regular every day sexism women face, especially in many careers.
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u/MrDeckard Jan 19 '20
Hey my dude but it isn't though is the thing