I finally finished Mayans MC (spin-off of Sons of Anarchy) and in the second to last episode the main character has an accident and Jax Teller’s ex is the one to give him a ride to get help. In the car she says that men have it so easy because they can beat their chests and act like kids well into adulthood but women are the ones who really have it rough. Of course the main character offered no pushback. But hey I’m sure all the construction workers, miners, sewer workers, military, police, first responders, firefighters, farmers, etc. can rest easy knowing they have it easy.
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I watched a Netflix movie. I was kinda sick, and I thought it would be educational about the hardships of being black in New York city in the 90s. Ok so anyways I find out that being a black woman especially in the 90s and on NYC is really hard. She only ever worked because she was forced to as part of probation. The series of (criminal) men she had in and out of her life, and the negative associated consequences never seemed to be her fault.
I do think that legit people on the ground see stealing as doing the same thing as they do on Wall Street but maybe more honestly. The problem is they're not wrong. But the fact is, right or wrong, the WS guys are not gonna go to jail. So it's up to the powerless to not commit crimes they can't get away with.
Good point. Also being black in New York City be hard. Same challenges as anyone else but for someone with that mentality I’m sure they look to be oppressed or persecuted
Where it lost me is the implication that her continued criminality was not her fault but the system's. And as I mentioned, her continued need to be attached to men whose jobs appeared to be criminal. She would not stop committing crimes and therefore getting sent to jail, and her absence from her children's lives was impactful. Not to mention the revolving cast of "father" figures who all eventually moved on.