Book by sasha heye

D r u m s n’ S t u f f

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Dedication Thank you Mom and Dad for always encouraging me to speak my mind and call people out when they deserve it.

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Intro Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Conclusion 4

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Every day, I march for women’s rights.

Instead of being surrounded by women, I am surrounded by boys.

This is not a women’s march. This is marching to the beat of a drum, my drum. As captain of the Mountain View High School drumline I lead 16 of my peers, all but two being boys.

I have learned that the only way to be successful as a female leader is to be immune to the oppressive culture. Sometimes oppression is in the form of extremely degrading comments or actions, but sometimes it is hidden in subtleties. To survive, I either keep my mouth shut and hide in the background, or I speak up accept that people will hate me for it.

I am not here to give girls a list of guidelines they need in order to succeed, but rather, to investigate traits successful girls in drumline have, and reveal the shameful sexist culture girls in drumline are forced to be immune to.

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“You won’t be laughing when I have my dick up your butt.”

What. The fuck. Did he seriously just say that? All the color just flushed from my face. And now my face is red. Now it’s pale again. And now I’m sweating. I’m so mad right now. I am HEATED I want to cry. This is exactly the type of thing I rant about to my friends all the time. But now my face is deciding to smile? I can feel a nervous laugh coming up like vomit. Yup I just laughed really hard. Great. Cleanup on isle 50 some dumb girl just threw up the most hideous laugh. That was not a funny comment but I’m so uncomfortable right now I have no idea how to react. I guess I was trying to cover up how embarrassing that was. People are probably imagining what he said. Stopppp that’s so gross. Get that image out of my mind. I feel so violated I want to cry. But hold up I’m the section leader. I have to be strong. I should probably do something about it but I can’t stop my face from laughing. He probably won’t take me seriously if I start yelling because I won’t be able to stop vomiting out a nervous laugh. The only other girl in drumline is looking at me. I can basically hear her thinking, “You’re really gonna let him talk to you that way?” I mean I’m not, I don’t want to let him. I want to yell back but I know he’ll start arguing. Then I’ll start yelling. I should scold him, though. He deserves it. But it’s the first week of the marching band season, and the new freshmen are all watching. I want to make a good impression. I don’t want them to think I’m mean or unapproachable. If I let it go they’ll think I’m weak but if I don’t they’ll think I’m a crazy person. It’s taken me too long to make a decision. I’ve been nervously laughing throughout this entire thought process. I totally just let him off the hook. I’m so weak. Oh God I’m a part of the problem aren’t I… I guess I’ll just let it go and- why is he still making eye contact with me. He’s so all up in my face I can see the snot dangling from his nose. Sasha are you seriously intimidated by this little 15 year old boy? I just realized everyone is staring at me. I hate high school. More vomit. I feel like it’s about to be real vomit this time. I’ll just take a sip from my water bottle and back up slowly I guess…

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Introduction M

arching band is a physically demanding activity that brings musicians together to march and play a production show.

Each person plays an instrument and marches in formations to create a story and entertain the crowd. A typical high school marching band practices for four to six hours a day, and it takes a lot of dedication and practice to get the show just right. The group spends a lot of time together and many close friendships are formed. It becomes a tight knit group despite the large number of students in marching band. There are multiple sections of different instruments as well as a color guard that each have a leader. The drum majors are students that lead the whole band. Drum majors don’t play an instrument, but stand on high platforms and conduct for everyone on the field. It takes experience and dedication to be a leader in marching band. Section leaders hold a lot of responsibility and must be highly trusted by the band directors since the whole band is spread out on a big football field with few adult instructors to supervise. Drumline is an auxiliary section that doesn’t spend as much time with the rest of the band.

During the show, the ensemble listens to the music the drumline is playing to follow the same tempo. Drumline works more hours and requires more dedication since the whole band relies on them.

In drumline, the snare drum is the most competitive instrument. All four instruments of the drumline - snare, tenors, bass, and cymbals are equally as difficult and respected in DCI. However, in high school, more experienced players are placed on snare and tenors. In most high schools, the goal is to move up from bass drum or cymbals and advance to snare or tenors, with snare being the most desirable. The snare drum position requires the most hard work and dedication. The top snare drummer, also called the center snare, is most commonly chosen to be drum captain.

Marching band, particularly drumline, is a male dominated activity. Drum Corps, an advanced version of marching band for high school and college students, is especially male dominated. Also referred to as DCI, Drum Corps used to be a 100% male organization.

Few corps today remain male only, however there is still a culture

in all groups that caters to men. An article from Halftime Magazine called “Women in Percussion” reports that, “In marching percussion, 62.8% members are male while 37.2% are female.” While numbers have definitely improved over the years, women in drumline are still forced to endure a culture that isolates them. Girls are excluded from conversations, sexually and physically harassed, and expected to fail by other members. They are interrupted when they talk, and are told they simply cannot drum.

While this treatment is an issue in itself, it is also problematic that the oppression is almost invisible. In “Sexism in the Workplace,” Occupational Sexism Lawyers from the Derick Smith Law group say, “Sexism is often subtle and can come in the form of sly comments about your gender or offhand sexist jokes.” If no one can see the seriousness of the oppressive culture, let alone the oppression itself, it is never dealt with. Boys get away with bullying and harassing women, and this gives them power. High school girls in drumline have a constant feeling of paranoia and inferiority that makes them feel isolated.

In drumlines with instructors that respect all members, this harsh treatment from other members is conveniently done behind their backs. In order to seem strong, girls are forced to keep these feelings silent which is another reason why the effects of this oppressive culture is so invisible.

In high school drumlines, the exclusion of girls is more extreme due to the lack of maturity at that age. The social hostility towards girls in high school ultimately results in fewer girls wanting to join, and fewer girls willing to stick with the activity. It’s not a matter of ability, but a matter of deciding if it’s worth enduring the hostile and oppressive environment.

Dani Millan, Kristin Dumdumaya, and Isabella Leedeman are three successful women in drumline who have all experienced mistreatment from fellow members. They all take their own approaches to work around being in a predominantly male environment. All three women have different backgrounds and have seen varying effects of sexism in drumline.

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Dani Millan

Kristin Dumdumaya

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Dani Millan is a Junior at Los Altos High School and plays snare in the marching band. Being a girl in drumline and the only girl on snare, she was forced to manage being put down and excluded by other male members. Dani worked hard to earn her spot on snare even after many people, including her own instructor, told her she couldn’t do it. After all the hard work, Dani was welcomed into the snare line with emotional abuse from her peers. She has learned how to live with the harsh treatment for now and finds it easier to be immune to it than stand up for herself. Dani found ways to move past the isolation and feelings of inferiority in order to fight for her goal of becoming Drum Captain. Her goal is to create an inclusive community for all members and make sure no one in the future has the same experience.

Kristin Dumdumaya is the former drum captain of the Santa Clara Vanguard Cadets, a Drum and Bugle Corps in the Bay Area. She didn’t make snare after her first audition, but her charisma and work ethic stood out so much she earned a spot as the back conductor. Since her high school did not have a successful music program, she used her first year in the corps to learn how a professional drumline runs, and to educate herself on the skills she needed to be in a drumline. She made snare the next year and in 2014 became the drum captain. As a girl in drumline, with her limited background, she felt encouraged to “shut the naysayers,” and worked hard to earn her spot as captain. Kristin feels gender discrimination held her to lower standards than the boys because Drum Corps is a predominantly male activity. During Kristin’s time in the drumline, she learned how to ignore other’s assumptions about her abilities, and trusted that her hard work would bring her success in the end.

Isabella Leedeman

is a Sophomore at Mountain View high school who participates in the drumline, Wind Ensemble, and Jazz Band. Percussion has always been a passion of hers, and is an activity passed down by her mom. She was the bass drum leader during the last drumline season, and she is currently working towards playing snare. She also plays drum set in the Jazz Band and multiple percussion instruments in Wind Ensemble. During her time as a percussionist, she has already endured the harassment and condescending culture that comes with being a girl in a male activity. Isabella comes from a strong family that encourages her to be tough, and she has learned about how to cope with sexist culture from her mom who was in drumline, and who currently works as an electrician and experiences the same sexism in that profession. She has been raised to be strong and face problems head on, but she realizes that sometimes it takes strength to be able to ignore the issues as well. Isabella believes that learning how to build an immunity to harassment is the only way to be a successful woman in this activity, even though it is not fair and should not have to be that way. Her strong work ethic and the high standards he holds herself to will lead her to success.

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Chapter 1 M

arching band and Drum Corps revolve around the same idea: setting aside your individuality to march and play as one. The whole game is being able to step and play at the same time, moving and sounding as one unit. In order to play together and achieve a high sound quality, the drumline has to follow one tempo and listen to each other. How they treat each other and work as a group has a direct effect on how they play together. If they can’t communicate well face to face, they certainly won’t be able to communicate on the field.

There is a lot of pressure on the drumline from the whole ensemble because it sets the tempo for the entire band. If they can’t play together and in time, neither can the rest of the band. Drumline members have to be skilled drummers and marchers to be able to successfully keep time. This makes drumline a more competitive section resulting in a social pressure amongst the members. If you can’t conform to the group and play in time, you’re the weak link. While

girls in drumline are equally as capable to play in time, the fact that they are a different gender makes it difficult to conform to the group.

They have to find a way to blend in, establishing themselves as one of the guys and building an immunity to unequal treatment. They feel obligated to survive rather than fight back to make a change. For some, this means pretending to be one of the guys. For others, they have to learn how to be okay with being tormented for being themselves.

To blend in, women have to act like boys. This means laughing at all the jokes and comments, even if they are immature and degrading to women. Even if it’s directed at her, she has to laugh it off or talk back the same way. It’s easier to brush it off and join in than to speak up. Boys hold so much power over the girls since the girls constantly have to change themselves to fit in with the group. Being seen as the different or “weak” one in the group is risks any chance of being treated fairly.

“If they did talk to me that way, it was because they did see me as one of the guys. For me, functionally, that was a good thing technically because that meant they accepted me. I guess it doesn’t always make it right, but it definitely happens.”

- Kristin Dumdumaya

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Girls in drumline scramble to conform to the group because being different is detrimental to their success. The stereotypes of a girl in drumline is that she’s physically weaker and works less. Low expectations are given to female drummers by instructors, other members, and herself both consciously and subconsciously. Seeing a girl marching at an advanced level amazes viewers, while a boy’s success is the norm. She’s drumming the same music and marching the same show as everyone else, so why should her success be more rewarded? The shock of a girl’s success is a result of the low expectations given to girls in drumline. What she expects from herself will determine how she improves, but it is difficult to think highly of herself if her peers and instructors belittle her.

When girls are underestimated, they are expected to make mistakes, and it’s not as big of a deal if they mess up. As a result, girls get used to making mistakes and don’t feel pressured to fix them. Kristin strongly advised that “You can’t expect people to just give you a freebie or lower the standard for you because you’re a girl.” Lower standards lead instructors to be less harsh on girls when they make mistakes. While this appears as a convenience, it actually greatly inhibits their ability to improve and succeed as drummers. To improve, girls have to independently keep track of their strengths and weaknesses as players and are not pushed as hard by their superiors to improve as boys are. Girls are forced to define their own standards of success.

In Dani’s experience, she was not taken seriously as a drummer. She was told by her instructor that she would never make snare. Her own parents and friends tried to keep her from playing the drum but she 14 proved everyone wrong when she made

snare her Junior year. However, she did not have the rewarding experience she expected to have. Earning her spot on snare didn’t earn her respect from the rest of the group.

The boys would often ignore her and put her down when she made mistakes, and she was excluded from conversations and decision making. She was also a co-section leader that year, yet those who didn’t even have a leadership position would discredit her. She remembers them saying, “‘This is only boy talk, this is not for you.’” The instructor did

“I was scared of going to practice, I was scared because I didn’t wanna get yelled at, I didn’t want to play…” -Dani

notice the harsh treatment toward her, and he did attempt to encourage the importance of respecting girls in this activity. “It got to the point where the instructor had to call us over and call them out, saying ‘It’s not snare line plus Dani. It’s a snare line.’” While the instructor’s acknowledgement of the situation did help a little, he did not see the harassment that occurred behind his back.

Name calling, harsh blaming, and relentless exclusion by other members sprung from a

simple lack of respect. It took a huge emotional toll on her, one she did not deserve or expect at all.

In my own experience, I have noticed that instructors are nicer to me than they are to other male members. While my instructors definitely respect me, I have noticed instances where they don’t take me as seriously as the rest of the group. If I talk back, they think it’s funny. I’m a girly girl. I like makeup, Rihanna, and Lululemon and I’m not ashamed of it. I get teased for my femininity because I don’t try to be one of the guys. When I have a bad attitude it’s not a big deal, because everyone thinks it’s harmless. I have definitely used this to my advantage, but it does not benefit me. I’m not taken seriously by other members of the line as a captain or a drummer, and I know this because a member of my section told me, “I can’t take you seriously.” When instructors aren’t there and I’m running rehearsal, I can’t be my usual, relaxed self. I am forced to be tense and tough on the drumline or else people will walk all over me. When I’m relaxed, I’m not taken seriously, but when I’m a leader I am intimidating and bossy. I can’t win. Over time and as my leadership has improved, I’ve been able to find a balance, but at a certain point, I have to be strict on people. As a leader, I have a job to do.

I’m not here to please people and it’s not my problem if they hate me. Any route I take as a leader results in a negative reaction. I’m not taken seriously because I’m either too nice or too mean. In all my decisions as a leader, I have to pick my poison. No matter what reaction I get from the group, I have to trust that I know what I’m doing. I strongly believe in my abilities as a leader and a drummer, so I have learned to just take the hits knowing that I am doing a good job.

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If you can’t beat them, join them and then own them. Let them empower you rather than bring you down. If you focus so much on changing other people, how are you supposed to have time for yourself? What are you, their mommy? You didn’t raise them, you didn’t teach them their morals. It’s not your fault they treat you that way, but it is your problem. Don’t be too sensitive.

Instead of worrying about how everyone’s affecting you, let them encourage you. Let it make you mad. Get your anger out on your drum, and practice like crazy. Let your anger bleed into your work ethic. The hard work will pay off, and your instructors will notice it. Prove everyone wrong and rise to the top. The reality of being a girl in this activity is that you won’t be able to make a big change. You’re not Super Woman. You feel like you can’t be successful because you’re in a sexist environment, but you want to be successful so you can change the sexist environment. You feel trapped.

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Chapter 2 “At the end of the day, if you just know your gig, that’s it.

That’s all you really need to do.”

-Kristin

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n order to be successful, women have to work extra hard and focus on themselves.

They become immune to the sexist culture and direct their focus into their own success rather than into changing society. In the end, if women acknowledge the situation they’re in and just work hard, that’s all that matters. Kristin’s advice to female drummers is that, “At the end of the day, if you just know your gig, that’s it.

That’s all you really need to do.” What a boy says to a girl doesn’t affect her abilities or potential as a player if she puts it behind her and continues to work hard. Since Kristin came from a school that didn’t have the best music program, she was determined to prove she could be successful. She said, “It definitely encouraged me to just shut the naysayers, and I think because of that, there was nothing anyone could say to me that would prevent me from trying to do well.” Kristin’s immunity toward other’s assumptions of her abilities is the reason she was so successful as a drummer and a leader. She trusted that her hard work would pay off and ignored all the labels and stereotypes people gave her. When women can’t blend into the group, they have to learn to be okay with being hated or looked down on. In a leadership position, women have no choice but to stand out.

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Leadership is very complicated for women to master; the double standard traps them. Being nice means you’re weak, and being strict means you’re bossy.

If a girl’s approach to leadership is centered around community building and kindness, she is seen as weak and labeled the “mom” - a role seen in our culture as gentle, nurturing, and focused on caring for others. While these are all positive qualities, they separate girls from the rest of the group and lead them to be treated differently by others. All leaders have different values and ways of leading, but that doesn’t mean one type of leading is worse than the other. In Dani’s experience as a co-leader of her drumline at Los Altos, she took the community-building route. After being in the drumline for a few seasons, she saw the group lacked a sense of community and needed encouragement for a more positive, friendly vibe. She was the type of leader that reached out to the new members, making sure everyone felt welcome and happy. As a result, people questioned her legitimacy as a leader and a drummer, and she was labeled weak. However, her leading philosophy was effective and vital for the making new members feel welcome. She worked hard to make the drumline an inclusive community for the freshmen, yet she was constantly put down. “Half the people wanted to do a fun community based band that was all about fun and not about winning, and the other half was about winning and being intense. It didn’t

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work out so we kinda just fell apart,” she recalled.

In Kristin’s experience in the Vanguard Cadets, her leadership position led her to being called the “mom” of the group. “I did believe that I had to have a certain personality or approach to be taken seriously amongst the rest of the group. Especially because they were all guys. Sometimes I got the label as being the mom, or the motherly type. And otherwise if I wasn’t being like that, I felt like I had to be like one of the guys.” While the boys get to be their own, typical “drummer boy” self, girls always have to have some sort of label.

When women are strict leaders, they are labeled “bitch.”

Isabella’s stricter approach to leading the bassline gave her the label of “bossy.” As bassline leader, she experienced a power struggle with another member of the section who despised her “bossiness”. “I wasn’t trying to be mean, I was just saying that he should fix something. He asked me why I was so bossy, and I was just doing my job.”

Female leaders have to learn how to embrace the labels. Once you’re called “a bitch” or “bossy,” you know you’re doing well. It means you’re a tough.

When boys see strong women, they don’t know what to do with themselves. Successful girls are scary and hated. In her book “Lean In,” Facebook’s chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg confirmed, “When a woman is successful, people of both genders like her less.”

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he low expectations and labels are almost impossible to deal with. Drumline itself is a stressful and time consuming activity, so it is baffling that girls are able to handle everything at once. I’ve always thought the culture in my drumline isn’t as harmful to girls as other groups. I appreciate the music program and the work my band directors put into creating an inclusive community. The truth is, the daily harassment and discrimination that girls face is subtle and difficult to catch, even for me. It seems harmless, but it’s not. In Dani’s experience dealing with daily harassment, she said, “No one knew what was going until after I told them what was happening to me. I realized- Wow, this is happening behind everyone’s back. And I felt like no one could help me.”

From an outsider’s perspective, it seems so simple just to stand up for yourself, but in the moment it’s a completely different story. Girls fear the consequences that may come from speaking up. In an article from the Huffington post about feeling like an outsider, author Clark Devi says that, “Our mental and physical health levels sink when we are lonely or fear rejection. So if we feel threatened by rejection, we do our best to avoid it.” If you’re put in an uncomfortable situation, it’s going to be uncomfortable to get out of it.

In her Wind Ensemble class, Isabella was physically and verbally harassed by a boy in the group. While she played, this boy would slap her butt with a drum stick.

To some, this action might appear like nothing - a joke or playful gesture - but it was distracting and violating to Isabella. While it seems simple to yell back and tell him to stop, it is much too complicated to build up the courage in the moment. Isabella explained, “When that happened, I couldn’t really say anything. You’re just standing there like, “What just happened? Why did he do that?”

Everything’s running through your mind and you can’t just say, ‘Knock it off.’”

This boy has a history of being “hyperactive,” and when Isabella reported it, he was let go with the proverbial slap on the wrist. No consequences were put in place, and Isabella felt hesitant to take matters into her own hands. She said,“I knew that was also going to lead to consequences in the music classes that I really wanted to be in.” After reporting the assault and explaining to the teacher how uncomfortable she felt going to class, Isabella said “I didn’t know who was on my side and who would stop him from doing that again. I mean, it does affect my success because two days after that I was just in the corner and didn’t want to talk to anyone, I was just upset because nothing was happening with him, and he wasn’t getting punished.” The incident may seem small, but the way it was handled made it a big deal.

When boys are let off the hook for this behavior, they carry immense power over the girl. She feels like no one’s on her side. It’s as if his actions are normal, and is something she’s expected to get used to.

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Let’s say you made a mistake, and got the classic “You play like a little girl” comment. (If you think comments like this only happen in chick flicks from the 90’s about girls who wish they could play a sport on the boy’s team, you’re wrong. This has happened to me multiple times.) You see the guys looking at each other and laughing. Your instructor’s right there. He heard the comment, but he has a rehearsal to run. He’s probably frustrated that his “creative” process has been interrupted. What do you do now? You could yell, but then your face would get all red, and you would probably be called a crazy person. (This also happened to me.) You could address it calmly, pull the boy aside and tell him that was sexist and that he shouldn’t say that, but then he’ll label you a “feminazi”. (Yes this happened to me too.) Or, he might apologize and feel bad for saying that. This will help him realize that he should change the way he talks to you, but this means he’ll start treating you differently. Special treatment is for sensitive people who can’t deal with getting their feelings hurt. You’re already a girl with stereotypes for being weak, so you can’t afford that.

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“...he started pushing me around, like saying ‘you can’t play that, that’s wrong, etc.’

I remember the teachers wouldn’t do anything about it. Like ‘oh it’s a joke, oh he’s so cute.’ But I mean, they have to see that that wasn’t just a joke. Eventually it turned into him having a lot of power because he’s thinking ‘Oh since they’re not stopping me I guess I can go another step further.’ I mean if it’s not fixed right now, who’s gonna stop him?” - Isabella

When the deep rooted issues behind the actions of these boys are so hidden, it makes it more difficult for women to speak up about them. Since no one sees why their actions are so hurtful, they appear to be no big deal. If girls speak up about them, they stress that they are being too sensitive. So they don’t speak up. The oppression that’s already hidden becomes more invisible when girls feel pressured to keep quiet. The more sexism is hidden, the less women will speak up. It is a relentless, never ending cycle.

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“ I t ’s n o t m y r e s p o n s i b i l i t y to t e l l h i m b e c a u s e I ’ m n o t r e s p o n s i b l e fo r h i m , a n d I s h o u l d n’ t b e r e s p o n s i b l e fo r a l l t h e g u y s t h a t go to m y s c h o o l .

I s h o u l d n’ t b e r e s p o n s i b l e fo r a l l t h e i r a c t i o n s . ” -Isabella

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Conclusion

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hen the teacher doesn’t stop the boys’ actions, who is responsible for them? They can’t learn from their actions because they’ve never had consequences. So is it now the girl’s responsibility? How many boys is she responsible for, then?

It’s so much easier to say “He was just being a boy,” or for girls to just get used to it. Learning how to ignore problems won’t make them go away. Not only is sexism practically invisible, but the word itself is a dirty word. I cringe every time I say it. It makes me sound like a sensitive, crazy feminist because it’s as if I am overanalyzing something that isn’t so bad. I will admit that I hesitated choosing to write about this topic, because there have been times during rehearsal where I just thought to myself, “It’s not that bad.” In the moment, it’s difficult to see the problems, but sometimes little comments just stick with me. It takes me a while to realize why someone would be so condescending towards me.

I start to doubt myself. Did I do something wrong? Do my friends secretly hate me? Then I remember that I’m a girl in a man’s activity, and I’m like, “Oh yea.” I didn’t want anyone in drumline to know I was making a project out of this, because they interact with me in rehearsal everyday and probably don’t see anything wrong with the way they talk to me.

It’s as if girls who complain about sexism use it as an excuse for their failures. It seems like they should just work harder and not be so socially sensitive if they want to be successful.

Many girls do that, and it does benefit them in the end.

That doesn’t make it right.

The easiest way to make all the problems go away is to ignore them, but they don’t go away. These problems are real, they need to be dealt with. They have to be calmly acknowledged first. All genders need to be aware, not just boys, because some girls think how they’re treated is normal. Some crazy uproar is definitely an accurate response to what we go through, but it is not needed. The only way to make progress toward a fair society is if people just acknowledge it first. No one will listen if they’re attacked or yelled at. You might have rolled your eyes at some point in this book, disgusted at how dramatically I depict what may seem to be unimportant to you. You might have thought I’m another crazy, pink uterus hat feminist that wants everyone to know how deeply my emotions are affected by every little thing. So if you’re one of these people do your very very best to imagine me saying this in my most calm, not-crazy-girl voice:

“There is a culture in male-run activities, such as drumline, that oppresses women and needs to be changed.”

Now that you’ve heard from the side that has to go through these problems every day of our lives, you are one step closer to acknowledging that there is indeed an issue, and now we’re one step closer to making a change.

I want people to be aware. I want to reach out to my community, letting them know what their female youth go through. Awareness is the first step to making a change, so if I could at least make someone listen, or read, I’m happy.

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Works Cited Clark, Devi. “Ever Feel Like an Outsider? You Are Not Alone.” The Huffington Post, The Huffington Post, 24 Aug. 2014, www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/devi-clark/ever-feel-like-an-outside_b_5525094.html. Accessed 1 May 2017.

Dumdumaya, Kristin. Personal Interview. 1 April, 2017.

DeLucia, Dennis. “Women in Percussion.” Halftime Magazine, 7 Sept. 2015, www.halftimemag.com/features/ women-in-percussion.html. Accessed 1 May 2017.

Sandberg, Sheryl. Lean In. Random House UK, 2015.

“Sexism in the Workplace | Sexual Harassment Attorneys | NYC-NJ-PA Sexism Lawyer.” Derek Smith Law Group, discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com/aop/new-york-city-sexual-harassment-attorneys/ sexism-in-the-workplace-sexual-harassment-lawyer-nyc-nj-pa/. Accessed 1 May 2017.

Leedeman, Isabella. Personal Interview. 16 April, 2017.

Millan, Dani. Personal Interview. 12 March, 2017.

Millan, Dani. Personal Interview. 19 March, 2017.

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Biography

Sasha Heye is a Junior at Mountain View High School who also studies Digital Media, Design, and English at Freestyle Academy. She enjoys using applications such as Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Pro Tools, and After Effects to create websites, animations, and music. She is also an enthusiastic participant in Marching Band, Winter Percussion, and Pep Band. Sasha loves music and spending time with friends.

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