Johor MALAYSIA I can't really say that has ever happened to me... I've been lucky. Doug2, 29
Overland Park, KS USA I've been condescended to because of my sex, but never discriminated against. Judy, 62
Easton, KS USA yes Nicole2, 20
Jackson, FL USA Oh yeah. I'm involved in a lawsuit against a former employer right now. Also, because I have visible tattoos and piercings, I feel that when I go to some upper-end stores, they look down at me. Like my money isn't good enough for them. *Whatever*. It's their loss. Nicci, 27
Las Vegas, NV USA Feeling discriminated against was a frequent feeling as a child--and as an adolescent. As an aging adult, I'm feeling this way less and less frequently. Jill, 61
Saylorsburg, PA USA During my mid to late 20s I really felt that being a young woman in the workplace really worked against me. My male friends were in jobs and positions paying more and being given more responsibility. It sucked. But I don't think this was really discrimination. Felicia, 36
Lowell, MA USA Absolutely. It was a case of flat out reverse discrimination. I had applied for an administrative/dispatcher job at the local police department. I was called for the testing and took and passed all three with flying colors. I had an interview with the chief of police and the lieutenant in charge. Everything went incredibly well and they both stated that I was the best qualified for the job. About a week later, I wondered why I hadn't been called. I contacted a friend of mine who works closely with the department and he was told that they apparently had two other candidates they had been considering but were not crazy about their oral test scores or either of their interviews. However, there were no African Americans or Latin Americans working at the station (other than two cops) and they "had to go with a minority." Both other candidates were minorities. I was pissed as hell about this incident. Fisch, 47
Preston, CT USA Yes I have, just because I was a teenager. I've been stopped specifically at stores by personnel so that they could look through my things to make sure I hadn't stolen anything-which I hadn't. Kyle, 16
OH USA Some, but if a program is really good and I use it a lot, I pay for it if I can (I do have a couple that aren't available in the U.S., but I would pay for them if I could). GraphicConverter was a great investment! Karen, 22
Ames, IA USA Yeah. I did to a mild extent the first year I was at camp because of the people there were dark-haired. I felt like a lot of people were staring at me, and one girl was pretty rude to me, but maybe she was just rude in general. Mostly, I feel like discrimination has taken a toll on my ability to get jobs. Employers tend to discriminate against outsiders, and it's hard to get anyone to respect what you can do or what you have to say when you're a young woman. The men in my family also frequently act like I have no valuable input to offer. Sadly, you can't force people to respect you even if you deserve respect. Karen, 22
Ames, IA USA About 30 years ago, I worked nights in a pharmacy at a rehabilitation hospital in Houston. The pharmacy was located in the basement and as it was a small hospital, I was the only one working that shift. I delivered hospital supplies to any nursing station that needed them. One night a patient who was ready to go home, came down to the pharmacy and raped me. The next day I reported this incident to my supervisor about it who promptly fired me and hired a man. We've come a l-o-n-g way and this could no longer happen now. Reba, 50+
Silver Spring, MD USA Yes I feel I have been unfairly discriminated. It was a job I had at the local hopsital and I was taking care of my sick inlaws and I would be late for work because I would have to help one of them just as I was leaving for work. So the hospital asked me to take a leave till we had decided what we would do with the situation. So when my fatherinlaw passed I went back and asked for my job and they said they had no money to pay for my training, now I was only gone 4 months. I had not forgotten what I was trained and I had the book if I had any questions and I staed that to the Dept. Mamager. But I had found out that they had hired several youger girls than me, they were collage age. So I feel and so do others that they discriminated agaisnt me due to my age. Marci, 56
Diamond, OH USA I dont know if it would be considered discrimination, but it seems as if sales clerks treat me differently depending on how I'm dressed. The better dressed I am, the better service I receive... Tam Occasionally but usually it's because of my age (try being a 16 year old for the first month and 1/2 of your freshman year of college. it sucked.) Angela, 18
Bella Vista, AR USA I used to go door-to-door with an environmental company, talking about issues, and trying to raise money. I know door-to-door people are annoying, but most people kindly turned me away. Now, I have a few piercings, some noserings, and I remember one woman at a door told me to come back when I took my piercings out. I argued that they reflected nothing about my personality, seeing as I was politically aware and a pretty good college student. She said she didn't care, that they reflected a lot more about a person's personality than I let on, that she couldn't trust a person with noserings, and that I was an irresponsible trouble-maker. Her 12-year-old daughter even told me I needed to grow up. I don't think my impulse to smack her daughter would have been any less had I not had piercings! Cancer, 20
NYC, NY USA Unfortunately yes. But I think people are all together too mean lately in so many ways. Sometimes I think they forget that other people are human beings too and not garbage to yell at. Keri-Jade, 21
Brampton, Ontaiio CANADA