I had a male boss - the manager of my department. He made everything into a sexual innuendo to the point where the other guys in the department started playing along too. It felt like if me and the other women I worked with didn't laugh and appreciate their humor we wouldn't be included in other conversations at work. It felt demoralizing. ~ anonymous

My mother went to our priest when we were kids. I didn't know about this until much later. She told him how our dad was molesting us. He told her to go home and "make it work." I guess the sanctity of marriage is more important than the safety of children. When I was first married I told my mom that my husband was bullying me and I was afraid. She told me to "go home and make it work." It took me years to realize she was only parroting what she was told. ~ anonymous

I reported someone to HR, this guy who kept "accidentally" touching me. He'd brush by me on purpose. Even stand so close to me from behind in the elevator that I can feel him push his groin into me. HR made ME the problem. I had to fill out report after report and go to resolution meetings with the perv. Don't go to HR I tell my girlfriends. Makes it worse. I still have to work with that guy. And now he's angry. At me! ~ anonymous

I don't have a story to share. Just how I was raised, the man is the provider. He is in charge of the money. Literally my mom got an allowance and she was subservient to him. It's kind of like what we learned in church too.  She doesn't get my marriage and all of her advice feels like she's warning me to be careful, that my husband might leave me because I have an opinion or needs or something. ~ anonymous