[LMB] Re: OT: squ/ick in some ``feminist'' sf; was sequential tartthread

[Tzivia Adler]

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From: "PAT MATHEWS" <mathews55 at msn.com>
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> I have no idea what their ideas are on gender roles and equality, but I do 
> know their attitude towards feminism is the same as their attitude toward 
> Apollo 13, "we studied that in ancient history." I do get the impression 
> they find it irrelevant because it's a won cause.
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i call myself an original feminist - equal pay for equal work!

my high-school graduate sister is working as a secretary in a place wehre 
'of course they hired a girl for this work, they could never get away with 
paying a man so little'.
and as soon as she gets through college, she doesn't want to work so cheap 
either :)

women still have a harder time getting ahead than men in the USA.  (i don't 
travel/research enough to speak for other countries)  sure there are a few 
token CEOs, female congressmen etc, but the most basic equal pay for equal 
work isn't always there.

i remember reading recently of a female electric engineer, where the entire 
rest of the (male) crew took a break while she was working electric, which 
is not remotely a safe practice!  she quit, bec. demanding and getting equal 
opportunity to do the work was not supposed to leave her in a life 
threatening situation... they had never have left a male crew member alone 
like that.

and euqal promotion for equal quality work isn't there either.  it seems the 
only way the USA will have a female president is if two women run against 
each other.  margarate thatcher and indira ghandi apparently didn't prove 
that women can do the work, and i don't know if their countries had other 
female leaders.

ziviya, wondering if the male teachers where i work get paid better than 
me... 



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