Jan 27 2009
Men must sign first
Today my husband and I went to a certain tax perparation company which shall remain nameless, to do our taxes. Normally we used Turbo Tax each year at home, and do them ourselves, but this year I wanted to see if we got better results at this company that specialized in taxes, and we did. The past two years we owed over $2,000 in taxes and this year we get back $6,000! I still don’t really believe it, though it’s happening and I have the paperwork to prove it. Anyways, since we had never been there we had to fill out a few forms. When signing the forms, they told us that the man must sign the form first, and then the woman can sign after as the “spouse”. I was offended by this and I now resent this company, and tomorrow I am going to mail them a complaint letter. I found it offensive that they require the man to sign first, and he is listed as the main person on the account, and I am listed as “spouse”, therefore “not as important”. Who came up with this STUPID rule? It has nothing to do with who made more money, who controls the finances, or even who makes the major decisions. It all has to do with HE IS A MAN SO HE IS BETTER AND WOMEN ARE NOTE EQUAL TO MEN. I find this horribly offiensive and it may prevent me from using them next year for our taxes. I can’t wait to get into work tomorrow and email AND mail them a letter of complaint. I also subscribe to a feminist magazine, though I am not truly a feminist, and I am thinking about writing to them as well. I am not a feminist, though I do support a lot of their beliefs, which I won’t go into for this blog because that would take me hours to write about. I am very passionate about womens rights. Anyways, I had to say something in my blog about this place, and I’m sure you can all guess who the company is if you think about it (rhymes with SHACH & SHMAR SMLOCK).
(rhymes with SHACH & SHMAR SMLOCK). <~ Ahahahahahaha. What jerks. That refunds pretty sweet though…
First off congrats on the money back! That’s awesome!
Second, you ARE a feminist! You should be able to say it out loud proudly. I don’t know why the word “feminist” causes people to picture “man-hating” lesbians. *rolling my eyes* That’s like saying every animal rights activist is an extremist who acts people who wear fur coats. A feminist is ANYONE, male or female, who has the belief that women should have equal economic, social and political rights as men. You should really see if your school offers women studies courses, they are freaking great and will change just about anyone’s mind of the term “feminism.”