[youareostriches]

You are responsible for your own life and happiness — not society and not some imagined social monolith of “all women”.

If you are unhappy with where you are today then it is your responsibility to take reasonable and appropriate action to change that.

Learn how to be an adult.

[jimmaswell]

"It's not society's job to be fair to you," said the employer to the Irish immigrant in 19th century America. The Irishman needed to learn how to be an adult and stop whining about hiring discrimination - it was his responsibility alone to find a job and be happy, not some imagined monolith of "all employers."