Frustrated

My manager made some outrageously offensive comments about the clothing of a female professional in a meeting last week. This kind of thing has been going on for years, despite my organsiation being in a sector that means staff working there really should know better (shouldn’t they all??).
For some reason last week when this happened I just snapped and called him out on it – in front of four other colleagues. Nobody backed me up, and my manager seemed livid about being challenged.
He has arranged for us to meet tomorrow to discuss the ‘obvious frustrations’. He has no idea that his sexist comments are at the top of my list. I’m so cross that I have to spend most of today preparing for the meeting tomorrow, when he is the one in the wrong, and I am already so overwhelmed in my role.
I’m using Laura Bates’ article in the Guardian in April to galvanise my thoughts, and it helps me to know I am not alone. Thank you Laura for providing this platform and for all the work you do.