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Originally posted by Belle:
Wow, well I didn't think that my rant would awaken so many feelins and opinions. I feel oh so special now, lol. I do have some interesting facts about the company me and Azred work for though. There are no women tm (territorial managers) that work for Sally's Beauty Supply. The handful of women dm's (district managers) and there are very few of them are judged very harshly. All the vp's are men and besides hr, all the minor positions such as secretary and such are filled by women. What do I think? I have cooled down about my situation, but I do still feel that women get the lower side of life sometimes just because of our gender. Let me remind you that women have a pain threshold nine times greater than a man. Women push babies out everyday, could a man? I doubt it? Not to mention period and all that comes along with them. So, we may get paid less, and get less respect, but I do think, no, I know, that we have some definite advantages over men, physical and mental. But for the record, I love Azred, specifically because he is a male. They (males) definitely have something us females can't live without, .....paychecks. What? Did you think I was going to say something else?
Belle (half of very happy Azred)
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If what you say is true regarding your company than they are in danger of being sued... because discrimination against women is illegal. Our government has gone out of it's way to establish reams of law intended to protect women as they gain an equal footing in the workplace. I think that on the whole this legislation was necessary to break down the barriars to entry for women in the workplace, but now I feel it's time for women to stop complaining if things aren't going their way and DO something about it... the law is on your side and if your case has merit no doubt LOTS of civil rights lawyers will JUMP at the opportunity to stick it to big business.
They (females) definitely have something us men can't live without, ....???.... Hmm... let me think.... ahhh... no not that... umm... jeeze there must be something...
(ps.. I know you were joking, as am I... I've been with my wife for 10 years and while it's been tough, mutual reliance and respect has been the key to our survival)
[ 09-10-2003, 09:15 AM: Message edited by: Thoran ]