A female electrician. Hopefully for all of you reading this that is not a shocking phrase. (How about businesswoman? Alec Baldwin's character on 30 Rock said "I don't think that is a word." Hilarious...but perhaps too close to true.)
I digress. In a lawsuit by a female electrician - the only one on the team - claiming discrimination based on her gender, the plaintiff presented facts like:
*they told her the doughnuts were "just for the men"
*male supervisors ignored her radio calls
*she couldn't enter the trailer for meetings
*and when asking about her day care arrangements, a supervisor allegedly said "this is a man's working world out here, you know."
Really? People still say things like this?
Last time I looked at my Outlook Calendar it was 2008. While I realize it hasn't been a full 100 years since we, the fairer sex, got the right to vote, it has been 88 years. I realize that racism still exists and it has been even longer since slavery was abolished, so I guess I shouldn't expect miracles.
Let me just add that I know plenty of very smart women who work full time, take care of their husband and kids (yes, husbands still don't help out nearly enough at home - oh, I forgot, that is the woman's job), and do all of the other stuff that needs to get done (buying food, paying bills, etc). When we do all that, why do men still hold this grudge?
A female electrician, indeed.
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