Big oof, why do I feel like I know what country this is wwwww https://twitter.com/AITA_reddit/status/1313942117304205312

Anyways vaguing aside, if this is rly SG then I think I understand why the speaker+teachers reacted like that... This is obviously not gonna be everyone's experience, but back in sec school there were various jokes by the teachers about how we need to find a–

"rich handsome husband and handle his finances" and that we can't do that if we can't pass maths. Lots of teachers, even the women, made the same joke, and everyone laughed it off bc a lot of the girls rly did want to go in that direction anyways (study for the sake of it and–

then marry). This isn't a defense for misogyny obvsly, and there are obvsly also hard working girls who wanted to start a career (who were supported by the same teachers who made those jokes), but I think a lot of the context for this AITA is lost bc of the cultural difference

Tbh I think the speaker should have shut his mouth, considering that he doesn't know his audience personally and therefore touchy jokes like that are obvsly not gonna resonate well (touchy jokes never go well unless you know the person well tbh)

But I also think that the student should have made a more intelligent reply rather than a one liner so that it could open discussion regarding women in STEM, which would have been beneficial for everyone involved in the talk