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[–]anonymale 27 insightful - 2 fun27 insightful - 1 fun28 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

FFS. I do healthcare work in people’s homes and have done throughout the pandemic. Like most key workers across public services and in retail, most of my workmates are women. When they finish their shift, which for about half of them is the sole income in their household, they go back to their second unpaid job, caring for their kids or parents or both. Hoping they haven’t brought covid home with them.

People doing the same job as us have been threatened and assaulted locally, targeted for wearing healthcare uniform or PPE outside. All victims female. All perps male. That’s the story, not a drama teacher sitting safe at home behind a fucking laptop.

[–]missdaisycan 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Thank you for the work you do.

[–]anonymale 15 insightful - 2 fun15 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

That's kind but I'm not looking for compliments. I want to draw attention to what heroism really looks like. It looks like a tired woman doing the shopping at ten pm after her shift so her kids can eat breakfast tomorrow, running the gauntlet of maskless idiots in the supermarket. Not a stunning and brave person in perfect makeup sighing at the thought of a day of Zoom meetings.

[–]missdaisycan 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

And this is exactly how I read it. I cannot personally thank each of these women, so I thank you.

[–]anonymale 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thank you, I will pass your thanks on at work.

[–]BEB[S] 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yes, thank you so much!