All, doing a 5 minute freewrite. Thank you for reading.
Once upon a time, there was a man named Mark who had grown up with traditional gender roles deeply ingrained in his psyche. He believed that men were superior to women and that women's place was in the home, taking care of the household and children.
Mark was proud of his chauvinistic views and often expressed them to his friends and colleagues. He would belittle women and make derogatory comments about their abilities and intelligence. He even went so far as to refuse to work with female colleagues, believing that they were not capable of doing the job as well as a man could.
Despite the many complaints and warnings from HR, Mark refused to change his behavior. Eventually, he was fired from his job for his discriminatory actions.
One day, Mark's daughter came home from school upset and crying. She had been bullied by a group of boys who told her that she couldn't do something because she was a girl. Mark was outraged and couldn't understand why anyone would treat his daughter that way.
It was then that Mark realized the error of his ways. He had been a chauvinist for too long, blinded by his beliefs and unable to see the harm he was causing to those around him. From that day forward, Mark made a conscious effort to change his ways and treat everyone with the respect they deserved, regardless of their gender. He now lives by this tag line, "If you are a chauvinist, chauvinism will come back to bite you in ways you can never imagine."