Topic: Woman viciously 'sweat shamed' at Starbucks
+Anonymous A — 10.8 years ago #43,607
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/sep/30/sweat-shamed-waited-for-my-coffee-at-starbucks
It goes on and gets stupider.
Rebuttle from Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/11907757/Its-time-to-shame-shame-culture.-All-this-trivial-victimisation-has-to-stop.html
I was ordering coffee when I noticed a well-dressed woman staring at me.
“You look like you just did a class,” she said, giving me the once-over. I had no idea what she meant so I said nothing.
“Or swimming?” she offered, with a tight smile.
Oh, that. I’d just run 12 miles and the hair sticking out from under my hat was wet. It took me a moment to formulate an answer.
“Um, running,” I mumbled finally. “I just ... sweat a lot.”
I took the paper cup of drip coffee and hustled past the condiment bar. Screw the half-and-half; I’d drink it black.
Once safely inside my car, I threw off my damp running cap and flipped up the hood of my sweatshirt in embarrassment. I wanted to dive deep into that Lululemon Scuba and never come back up for air.
Eventually the caffeine kicked in and it hit me: I’d been sweat-shamed. Sweat-shaming is when someone points out your sweatiness as a way to signal disapproval. Like its counterparts, slut-shaming and fat-shaming, sweat-shaming is aimed mainly at women, who are actually not supposed to sweat at all.
“You look like you just did a class,” she said, giving me the once-over. I had no idea what she meant so I said nothing.
“Or swimming?” she offered, with a tight smile.
Oh, that. I’d just run 12 miles and the hair sticking out from under my hat was wet. It took me a moment to formulate an answer.
“Um, running,” I mumbled finally. “I just ... sweat a lot.”
I took the paper cup of drip coffee and hustled past the condiment bar. Screw the half-and-half; I’d drink it black.
Once safely inside my car, I threw off my damp running cap and flipped up the hood of my sweatshirt in embarrassment. I wanted to dive deep into that Lululemon Scuba and never come back up for air.
Eventually the caffeine kicked in and it hit me: I’d been sweat-shamed. Sweat-shaming is when someone points out your sweatiness as a way to signal disapproval. Like its counterparts, slut-shaming and fat-shaming, sweat-shaming is aimed mainly at women, who are actually not supposed to sweat at all.
It goes on and gets stupider.
Rebuttle from Telegraph
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/thinking-man/11907757/Its-time-to-shame-shame-culture.-All-this-trivial-victimisation-has-to-stop.html
+The Doctor !7MHPahvoGY — 10.8 years ago, 5 minutes later[T] [B] #476,594
+Syntax — 10.8 years ago, 11 minutes later, 16 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #476,597
@OP
Wot I do not get is why run with a hat on. Most heat of body escapes from scalp. 12 mile run wood make one wayyyy to hot
Wot I do not get is why run with a hat on. Most heat of body escapes from scalp. 12 mile run wood make one wayyyy to hot
+The Robot — 10.8 years ago, 18 minutes later, 34 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #476,603
Beep bop boop
+TCNN_Science !lYVEuuObHI — 10.8 years ago, 2 hours later, 3 hours after the original post[T] [B] #476,625
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