Mom went to college after having five boys and got a degree in accounting. Being the oldest, I was the 'live in' baby sitter, 1960s. Mom got an accounting job with Kerr-McGee but quit after she had to train a new hire, young man who was paid more. So in 2009, I visited the Detroit Auto Show where I took photos of technical stuff like engines and transmissions. But most of the floor was devoted to 'sheet metal' art surrounded nice but not technically skilled presenters: 'Car girls' at auto shows under microscope | Newsday . . . Neither Toyota nor Rolls-Royce had models standing by the cars, though they did have assistants — both women and men — dressed in business-wear to provide information to visitors. . . . This was my impression of the Toyota display. Less eye candy and more technical competence. I'd heard about the Fisker having a pedestrian noise generator so I went to the booth to hopefully get an audio sample. So I walked up to one of the presenters: Me, "Is there a way to hear the pedestrian sound?" Attractive French-Canadian presenter, "Pardon?" Me, "The noise the car makes to alert pedestrians the car is here." Her, "Oh, the synthetic whore." Me, extremely confused until a native English speaker, supervisor, said, "She means the synthetic roar." - The Fisker had a noise generator to sound like a V8. Me, "Thank you" as I saw the Lotus display down the walkway. French-Canadian women are very attractive to this old, Southern man's eyes even if between my drawl and their fetching accents we might not always understand each other. But this is not uncommon in our species. Bob Wilson
wife and two daughters, all professionals. none have ever complained about sexual harassment or unequal pay. but i'm sure it must happen, otherwise, why would there be so many complaints? otoh, women who use sexual attractiveness to earn a living have a right to do so if they choose.
Uh, I have seen it personally more than I care to remember. My daugther, whom is 25 is dealing with it now. I offered to fly off to her worksite and personally punch out her boss, but she seems reluctant. In "Fairyland," it is easy to make legitimate claims when harassment happens. In real-life employment situations, not so easy. You risk your career and any subsequent career.
choosing between career and sexual abuse/rape seems easy, depending on your morals. in hollywood, i guess it's a no brainer.
My wife hasn't had a problem. But, in her large investment bank, she's one of only two women at a senior level who hasn't been mysteriously made redundant immediately after returning from maternity leave (that accounts for about 40 or 50 of them). So, yeah, there's a problem. It's odd. In China (in spite of the all-male Politburo which is the image you always see on the news), about 40% of the people I deal with in senior positions in government and business are women. In Australia, it'd be closer to 10%. Honestly, it's like Crocodile Dundee. We're pretty good on racism, but we're abysmal on sexism.
The way life on this planet has discriminated against females, it amazes me that they haven't resorted to homicide more frequently than statistics suggest. Hey, another commendable female attribute. Sorry guys, but as the only boy-child on a five way mainly female matriarchal family I am always gonna be in contact with a feminine POV.
At work, a couple of ladies were cooking for a party at lunch. I asked what the party was for. They said "International Woman's day". "Really? I never heard of that, is there an International Man's day?" A couple said "every day is man's day", one said "November 19". I hadn't heard of that before either, so I said "so how come you ladies didn't cook a meal for us then???"
I had not heard of that before. I guess you are free to cook for a party then in the name of equality. IMD Home
I hadn't heard of that before either, so I said "so how come you ladies didn't cook a meal for us then???" As my daughter would have said, cook your own
Also Einstein's Birthday. We were going to have a pie themed potluck at work, but since they changed it to today, during my weekend, I can't make it. If it had been Thursday, I would have made a square pie because pie aren't round, pie are square. (My birthday is Pi Day.) Posted via the PriusChat mobile app.
my wife love's to cook, she rarely wants to go out. it has to be a really busy day for her. old fashioned brainwashing i guess. we do get pizza sunday night.
Happy birthday from across the big pond too. Twenty one and a bit years? Twenty one recognised, but the but extra is your own business!
My wife can't (won't? Both, really) cook. If I'm utterly exhausted or too busy with my actual job (or with cleaning or washing or tidying the house or getting the girls to and from school or karate or swimming, or going to the supermarket or posting stuff she's sold on eBay, or picking up stuff she's bought on eBay or Gumtree, or any of the other myriad things that are my sole responsibility) to cook dinner, she'll say, "Oh, you're doing too much: why don't you relax and we'll get a takeaway?" She can't drive, so getting the takeaway is ... my job! Yay. So, in keeping with the Women's Day nature of this thread.... Our roles are kind of reversed: I am very much a stereotypical 50s housewife (in spite of having a well-paying full-time job on top of all of this). And I know there are lots and lots of couples, all over the world, where the woman does all of those things I listed above (and more!) and the man comes home and expects his dinner to be ready on the table, even if the man and woman either both work or both don't work. So if you might be one of those men, have a good think about whether you ought to be doing more, and bear in mind that if you don't, it might really make your wife quite angry.
