You wouldn't consider gender discrimination against women a bad thing?
Why don't you apply the same logic to the parent's comment, and consider it a good thing that he has to work harder to get the job he wants? Probably the extra fight will teach him to appreciate the job even more. Or something.
that's quite inflammatory and it's quite upsetting.
What I actually said was; "it's good that you educated yourself because self education is much better than formal education in this industry"
I received the same amount of encouragement as the Parent. Zero, none, my mother thought it was stupid- no father, and no education system for 25 miles that would educate me on this.
And from what I've learned in nearly 10 years in industry; Self education beats formal education when formal education doesn't work hard to learn.
k? now, please, in future read the comment properly, parse what is actually being said instead of throwing accusations and insults at people.
"You might have been held back due to gender- I can't possibly know. But I wouldn't consider it a bad thing, probably the extra fight taught you to appreciate what you were learning in the first place."
the same way as your parent comment. Just a heads-up.