There Was No Doubt-I Was Full of Merits

"Do you have some personal conflict with Lin Qi?"

After Taylor returned to the association, she immediately told everyone about the outcome of her meeting with Lin Qi. Julie was soon contacted by phone and brought to the association.

In this economic downturn, two thousand jobs for women are enough to make the Sabine City Women's Rights Protection Association a focus of attention in the state and even the nation.

Once public opinion catches up, the higher-level association will inevitably increase its attention to this area.

With attention and tangible achievements, people can receive more assistance from society, making their lives a little easier.

Organizing marches and demonstrations, organizing rallies, paying salaries to the association's full-time staff, and covering daily expenses all require money.

However, as a non-profit, non-governmental organization, they do not have any operating units or institutions of their own and can only rely on funding from higher-level associations, social sponsorships, and some spontaneous donations.

Two thousand jobs would have been enough to get them out of their current situation, so once people learned a little about it, Julie was immediately criticized.

The president of this branch is also a woman in her forties. Most of the people involved in Women's Rights Movement are around this age. Older women tend to be more traditional in their thinking. They don't have the energy or stamina to do this, and they don't even feel that they are unfortunate or that their lives are painful.

Only younger people value these things, hope to gain more equal rights with men, and are willing to dedicate their personal efforts to it.

The president's name is Irene, and she comes from a Middle Class family. That's true. The president of the state association in this state is said to come from a political family. Sometimes they do understand how society works better than the average woman.

Irene's question made Julie feel dizzy, and she also sensed a kind of "hostility" in the eyes of others.

She didn't know what had happened. Her good friends, who had stood up for her against Lin Qi last night, had suddenly turned against her? Her face paled slightly. She shook her head, denying the president's suggestion. "Yesterday was the first time I met Lin Qi. We have no conflict."

Just then, the man who had met with Lin Qi —who worked as a lawyer for the association, as any well-established organization needs its own lawyers—said something Lin Qi Lin Qi after they said goodbye.

He addressed the issue of Julie's outfit yesterday, suggesting it might be the source of the problem.

At this moment, the lawyer said softly, "Yesterday you wore an open-front shirt and a very short skirt, didn't you?"

Julie didn't know what those words meant. She hesitated for a moment, but still nodded in agreement. Some things can't be hidden, and she didn't believe she didn't have the right to choose what she wore.

Freedom of dress and personal style is a right won since the Women's Rights Movement, and it, along with makeup, is considered one of the most successful equal rights projects.

The lawyer nodded again. "You tried to seduce Lin Qi, but failed, so you developed some kind of hatred or even resentment towards him, right?" Ignoring Julie's wide-eyed, incredulous expression, the lawyer continued, "This morning I asked some people who know you well, and their assessment of your attire was 'conservative'..."

He stopped talking at this point, and although he didn't continue, the expressions of the women in the conference room changed under his guidance, including those of President Irene.

Everyone here knows Julie. In the past, Julie often stood up for the Women's Rights Protection Association with the players and supported them in public opinion. In their eyes, Julie was indeed a conservative person.

In addition, she works in a professional sports club that is all men, so if she dresses too revealingly, it could cause trouble or even danger.

Although society is unwilling to admit it, it has to acknowledge that the cultural level and personal cultivation of those professional athletes, including their understanding of the law, are below average.

Sometimes this group is involved in some unbelievable scandals, so dressing provocatively in front of them is not only troublesome, but also dangerous.

A conservatively dressed person suddenly becomes provocatively dressed... whatever her original intention was, it's now impossible to explain.

"I didn't! This is a frame-up, this is slander!" Julie's face paled even more. She couldn't understand why the situation had suddenly reversed.

She looked at the people she usually got along well with, but none of these "good sisters" reacted at all to her pleading look.

Taylor then spoke up, "I've also met Lin Qi. He was very willing to communicate and resolve our differences before things escalated. He's a very polite young man."

Perhaps there was something wrong with the word she used, because some people looked at her. She explained briefly, "As far as I know, Lin Qi is only twenty years old. He will be twenty-one in the fall."

A few hushed gasps came from the conference room. They all thought Lin Qi should be in his thirties, their age, or in his forties. They never expected him to be just a big kid.

Women can be so complicated sometimes. They can hate a man for no reason, but they can also inexplicably feel a strong liking for a young man.

Lin Qi Julie turned into resentment. What was a grown woman trying to do, dressed so provocatively in front of a child?!

President Irene's expression also turned noticeably sour. Lin Qi and her child were the same age, which made her feel a strong sense of empathy. She couldn't imagine why Julie would do something so heinous! Was it because she hadn't succeeded in seducing Lin Qi, and that's why she harbored hatred? The increasing number of hostile gazes brought Julie's emotions to the brink of collapse. After a moment of stunned silence, she immediately stated her position: she hadn't done that, and reiterated her accusations against Lin Qi —that Lin Qi was trying to please men by humiliating women, which was the core contradiction! The lawyer directly refuted her point of view, "The core of sports is competition. People's focus is only on the competition of winning and losing. Only those with dirty hearts would pay attention to what athletes wear, and I don't think Mr. Lin Qi's actions were inappropriate at all."

"To date, there is no professional sport in the entire Federal specifically designed for women, which is itself a form of potential discrimination, as some people believe that women are inferior to men."

"Mr. Lin Qi will break this outdated and rigid mindset. We believe that more Women's Professional Sports will soon appear in the world, and one day I believe that women will have the opportunity to compete on the same stage as male athletes."

"This is progress of the times, an inevitable development. I see no shame in it!"

There was already a fairly consensus on this issue before Julie arrived: male bodybuilding has gradually become popular in recent years, and to be honest, many married women in the room watch bodybuilding programs.

They looked at the bodybuilders with admiration, and they didn't think it could be associated with any prejudice.

Therefore, Julie's point of view is completely untenable. Now everyone suddenly feels that Julie is really creating conflict, creating conflict for no reason at all.

What's even more terrifying is that she actually tried to seduce a child. It's absolutely disgusting!

Faced with the overwhelming situation, Julie had no chance to fight back. She could only stand there like a puppet, bewildered, fearful, and at a loss.

Irene's attitude unusually showed a clear shift, and finally she made a decision. "I propose that Ms. Julie's 'board member' rank be downgraded to 'member'. Does anyone have any objections?"

Why would someone who's eaten too much shit oppose the chairman now? Besides, everyone thinks Julie is wrong!

Soon after, the Sabine City Women's Rights Protection Association issued an internal notice discussing the matter and the possibility of collaborating with Lin Qi.

In just one day, people who hadn't visited the association for six months, a year, or even longer came back on their own initiative, and some even renewed their membership fees! Everyone knows that their reason for coming back and paying membership fees isn't because they like the place so much; they're just after the jobs!

This made the local Women's Rights Protection Association feel a stronger sense of power and the necessity to cooperate with Lin Qi!