Reflective Essay On Maternity Harassment

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I should know, having been raised in an all women environment, educated in a private girls school, I am no fool to the inscrutable disposition of women-folk. It is a characteristic that shields us, a barrier defending against the woes festering in society. Holding patience to the absurdities set among men…how noble an aspiration! Yet to endure requires cunning, and strength, and not of the physical sense. Resilience means being cutthroat and ruthless…in Japan sadly no less tantamount even today. Theirs is not a society of nodding violets (The Chrysantheum and Sword p.54); the mask once lifted reveals a more fractious character borne out of a need of survival. Don`t be fooled by their polite ways, the standardized choreography, they have …show more content…

Harassment comes not only from men in the office but other women as well—sometimes out of irritation that their workload will increase, sometimes out of a kind of jealousy How this playground before me plays havoc with the mind. Never before has such tainting and taunting especially among the 'weaker' folk been of mine.…(now I appreciate the label!) As is my daily routine, travelling through the centre of Tokyo, I never fail to meet the innuendo, the cattiness, the disparaging remarks, all in a whisper`s breath, an earshot of my presence. In twos and threes, they gossip among themselves, for reasons I am the centre of their attention, I do not know! And who are these people anyway? Not one of them I know by name. And yet the badgering and baiting continues today, you would think after all this time, another victim would be their prey. Don’t be so sensitive, I hear you …show more content…

An extreme occupation with the identity as a collective, not that of the individual per se in the conventional sense, but an almost vainglorious obsession in upholding appearances, for the sake of what is right or just….the dilemma of a herd mentality. Blinded by the sway of dominance, who becomes the moderator to such cultivation? Ah yes, the Bastion of Standards and Compliancy of all that is quasi quixotic in endeavors, yes, the executive powers of harmony and

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