Kathryn has most definitely faced injustice in her workplace. She thinks that women get thrown under the bus more in law than any other career. In her case, she would, as mentioned in the question before before, get moved up into higher and more recognized positions. However, she would not get the credit she deserved whenever she won a big case or she would instead get “lots of the boring cases”. Meanwhile, the men of the workforce would get credited for the work that she mostly did, get given “many more of the exciting cases”, and her boss would “send out emails to everyone celebrating and recognizing something small they, the men, accomplished.” She would win awards and even get recognized on a national level, yet when she went to go tell her boss about her accomplishments, she would get shrugged off or only be told “congratulations”. But she would not get the same praise as the men in her work place.
How did those comments/actions affect you?
Kathryn felt very frustrated and felt that it was unfair that after all her hard work and national recognition she was unable to get recognition and support from people she wanted to hear it from: her boss. She felt it was unjust that the men would get pat on the backs from accomplishing something small compared to the work she had done. Her frustration caused her to work much harder. She would get more cases, win the case, get promotions, and receive many awards and repeat this loop over and over. Kathryn would constantly push herself to do more and more, but nothing changed. This resulted on making her feel exhausted both physically and psychologically.
Are you aware of any other women facing or has faced injustice?
Kathryn didn’t mention any women specifically, but she did bring up that the experience that she went through is something that many women today are facing. She also made it clear that it’s a problem that should be given more attention.
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