And I have no idea how much it is women being afraid to defy authority vs. just being unthinking sheep.
I am a woman and also wear the mask under my nose. I got three admonishments from mask nazis at two different stores this weekend. I put the mask over my nose for one second and immediately pulled it down afterward.
I have a newborn at home so I don’t have the emotional or mental energy to get in a fight with an idiot at whole foods. This is one of the reasons we need men to fight for us, so we can pour all of our psychic energy to raise decent children. I’m sorry so many women don’t understand this need and have damaged relationships with men. That being said, please consider that women biologically have different priorities and defining and defending territory is not in our DNA. Tending to babies and children is, which is no weak task.
All that being said, I’m going back to the less ‘protective’ and goofy looking face shield after this. I just can’t tolerate not breathing and these freaking terrible people.