A Different Kind of Stress and Pressure
By hereandthere
@hereandthere (45628)
Philippines
December 17, 2016 2:04am CST
I just read from BBC News that five female airport security personnel and their driver were killed on their way to work in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
"They were travelling to work at the airport on Saturday morning when two attackers riding a motorcycle opened fire on their minivan. The women were in charge of searching female travellers at the airport. The airport's director said the women had been concerned about their security after receiving death threats from people who disapproved of their career." (See news link attached below.)
It would not be unnatural for their loved ones, friends and colleagues to feel both grief and anger.
I'm thankful we don't have such limitations here in the Philippines, though I know Filipinas who work in other countries manage to adapt eventually.
Have you ever had a job where you felt stressed and pressured because you were the minority, or the pioneers?
Have you ever had a job that others disapproved of?
News source:
Five female security staff in Afghanistan are killed on their way to work, officials say.
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@epiffanie (11327)
• Australia
26 Dec 16
When I used to make weddings, I experienced a lot of stress ... but i'm glad that nothing like what some other workers do .. I feel for them..
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
26 Dec 16
yes, i remember you only slept 2 hours a day.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
27 Dec 16
@epiffanie it's only because i have this weird quirk of reading and remembering tidbits
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@epiffanie (11327)
• Australia
26 Dec 16
@hereandthere lol.. did i mention that here on mylot? .. sometimes I didn't get to sleep at all ... but those days are gone and now I can sleep in most days ..
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
13 Jan 17
I have never had that kind of a job but we live in a world where all kinds of things happen and at times things are very sad..
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
14 Jan 17
in a way media is a double edged sword because now we get to know things that have actually been going for sometime in other places
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@crossbones27 (52955)
• Mojave, California
17 Dec 16
Horrifying and and hats off to people like that who take up a role that sounds so simple, but is so complicated. Why I am so upset at our election. Sounds like we are jumping back in with these crimes against humanity. I know nothing has officially happened here but does not lead by example and seems to encourage this type of thinking. Just wait though people and music will catch everyone up on this like you did here. Thank You.
@SIMPLYD (90717)
• Philippines
22 Dec 16
Why would they kill the employees , when they are just doing their jobs . How dimwits some people can be . 
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
17 Dec 16
i don't understand why they have to do that, if what these women's salaries are helping with basic needs for their family.
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@Gita17112016 (3611)
• Trinidad And Tobago
18 Dec 16
I have had job where I have felt pressured because I was a woman. Also because I am Indian and non-Christian. But I got through it.
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
20 Dec 16
most of my jobs are not specialized, nor dominated by a particular gender. i guess we're quite homogeneous here in that we're mostly the same race and mostly catholic. i know many ofws (overseas filipino workers) learn to adapt in other countries.
