Aussie Gen Zers query exposes sexism

In a TikTok that has now amassed greater than three million views, Melbourne native Lexie explains that she’s confused as a result of she thought the article she was holding was a drill, however after making an attempt to make use of it, she realised it was one thing else fully.

“Are you aware what that is? As a result of I assumed this was a god rattling drill,” she explains to her followers.

Lexie goes on to ask for assist from anybody who has any solutions as a result of she’s pissed off she will be able to’t use it to construct her cabinets.

‘It simply doesn’t work,” she vents.

As an alternative of her real query simply being answered, the younger Aussie is hit with a barrage of sexist feedback on her TikTok.

“Please, somebody get this lady a person. I’d hate to see what she does behind the wheel,” one man wrote.

That gross remark wasn’t simply ignored. It received greater than 50,000 likes and it wasn’t the one sexist factor written beneath the viral TikTok.

Certain, it’s one factor for one individual to remark one thing sexist however the truth it secured hundreds of likes is the scary half.

One man joked that watching her be confused made him need to cry, one other man inferred that this was an instance that she couldn’t be a powerful, impartial girl, and one other reasoned this was proof that she wanted a person.

“Good luck, sweetheart,” one man merely wrote.

If that wasn’t miserable sufficient, there was additionally a remark the place a person volunteered to be her instructor and boyfriend.

There have been fortunately additionally individuals providing sound and real recommendation and making an attempt to determine what energy device she was holding.

“It’s an electrical hammer it seems to be similar to a drill,” one defined.

“It’s a drill or hammer drill, and you may change the bit on the top to go well with what you want it for,” one other clarified.