[NeoTifa]

Fuck that shit. Definetally not!

[KYA]

NeoTifa, on 13 Feb, 2009 - 07:51 AM, said:

Fuck that shit. Definetally not!

If you could be more specific to what shit you're fucking, I could address your concerns better.

[Nykc]

I think she is mad over the fact all of my bosses have been females in the IT sector. It is cool, I have male bosses now.

[NeoTifa]

I am mad about that article. You know, the topic of this thread....

[BenignDesign]

Don't let them ruffle your feathers, Neo.... that's what they want. Be the duck. Be one with the duck. Let it roll off your back. Take up smoking. Plot revenge on the male of the species. Buy carpet staples. And a staple gun. And a bottle of rum.

[NeoTifa]

Lol. I'm not smoking though....

[tody4me]

jjsaw5, on 12 Feb, 2009 - 01:14 PM, said:

http://www.forumapex...keeping1955.jpg

A woman I work with has these pages laminated and hung at her desk. They are from the actual magazine from 55.

Best
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Ok, I've said what I came here to say. I'm out.

This post has been edited by tody4me: 13 February 2009 - 08:33 AM

[KYA]

NeoTifa, on 13 Feb, 2009 - 08:02 AM, said:

I am mad about that article. You know, the topic of this thread....

Why are you mad about an article from 1955? That's like me saying I'm upset that William won at the Battle of Hastings. Damn Normans!


All you are doing is furthering the separation between men and women in your mind. The disparity exists because you allow it to.

[jjsaw5]

NeoTifa, on 13 Feb, 2009 - 10:02 AM, said:

I am mad about that article. You know, the topic of this thread....

My intention of posting this article was not to piss off the opposite sex. It was to get a laugh out of people because of how ridiculous some of the things on there were.

Maybe it's just me but looking back at old mag adds and other things like this is commical.

And the fact that they actually put this in a magazine and expected women to follow it.


I'm not going to get into the whole opposite sex battle. I have a mother who is a manager in the IT field, I know first hand the kinds of things that go on.

[NeoTifa]

It was rediculous, but it still makes me mad that women were so stupid to allow that to happen.

[Nykc]

The divorce rate was a lot lower in the 50's.
This day and age the Adultery rate is through the roof.

[KYA]

NeoTifa, on 13 Feb, 2009 - 09:23 AM, said:

It was rediculous, but it still makes me mad that women were so stupid to allow that to happen.

That's a huge assumption on your part. It was a different time, a different era. 50's women didn't really have a bad deal in context. When you look back and try to put that in today's context, its "appalling" in your opinion and its not really a valid comparison.

However, if you just wanna get on your soap box and rant, I'm going to hide under a rock.

[JackOfAllTrades]

baavgai, on 12 Feb, 2009 - 04:48 PM, said:

KYA, on 12 Feb, 2009 - 03:41 PM, said:

WolfCoder, on 12 Feb, 2009 - 01:52 PM, said:

Ugly times those were.

Please. Let's all wring our wrists and whine about how women are so powerless and marginalized in past and presnt society.

KYA, while still young, unwittingly takes a life long vow of celibacy...

I didn't see anything in KYA's post about getting married...

[baavgai]

KYA, on 12 Feb, 2009 - 09:51 PM, said:

I'm not saying women have it easy. BUT the playing field is even if not slightly tilted in favor of women. Anyone one who denies that is just wrong.

I deny thee!

Actually, I agree, for a given context. There are some venues were gender doesn't play a significant role; say owner of certain small businesses. In this scenario, there are a number of "Woman Owned" business incentives not available to men. The assumption is the field is not level, so when it is the well intended balances fall to the other side.

IT seems to be the most liberal technical fields when it comes to gender. But if your passion is automotive repair and you have ovaries, you're screwed. It's not that a garage wouldn't hire you, though most wouldn't. It's that the male dominated shop will make woman unwelcome, either actively or passively. I've yet to see the back room of any kind of machine shop that didn't have some kind of naked or near naked female pinup. It's just that kind of crowd.

I work in an industrial plant. Only one of the "foremen" is female. To do her job she has to be "one of the guys." I once had a long talk with her while upgrading her terminal. She confided her position was challenging and she seemed to have to work harder to get stuff done. Honestly, I got the sense it was emotionally draining if not soul crushing.

[Nova Dragoon]

jjsaw5, on 12 Feb, 2009 - 11:14 AM, said:

They are from the actual magazine from 55.

No they are not, what you see is a shop with a picture from another magazine, with text from an economics textbook from 1950.

Now get back in the kitchen.