On Being Loud and Female

I am not a quiet person. Not at all. Ask my mother.

And, for a woman in Northern Ireland, that is very unusual. It would appear that women in this country are taught how to be quiet. It is so bad that half the time I can’t even hear what my female co-workers are saying to me across our open plan office. I have to get up and walk over to them. They practically whisper.

Even the women I know who are partners in Accounting offices and Law firms in this county are quiet.

I really don’t get it. Is that the ultimate in womanhood? To speak so quietly no one can hear you?

If that’s the case, I’ll never fit in totally around here.

I am just not a quiet person.

Posted in Belfast, daily.

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