Are Women Equal and Local Boy Has Talent
Blog Prompt: Yesterday was Women’s Equality Day. Do you think women are equal? Why or why not?
This is an interesting question and being a woman, I have a couple of views about this.
I have been in the work force for a very long time and only had a couple of instances where I felt I was looked over because I was a woman. But, then again, that just made me work harder to get what I wanted.
I also worked for a company who’s board members were all men. One board member came in and took a piece of candy that was at my window. Instead of throwing the wrapper in the trash, he threw it on the floor and said, “One of the girls will pick it up”. It was all I could do to not climb over my desk and ring his neck!! I have no need for men that feel woman are worthless or treat them like dirt.
Oh, and NEVER call me one of your girls!!! I hate that.
Now I also feel that if a woman can prove herself in a very physical job, let her do that job. Women in the military? You will hear some of the old school military men say that if they had to go to war or defend their country that their feelings may get in the way to make military decisions. That might have been true years ago, but I think the woman of today can hold her own when it comes to physical jobs or jobs where decisions have to be made that most people couldn’t. But, if she can’t do the job, then she shouldn’t get it just because it fills a quota.
I laugh at my husband who was a firefighter for 32 years talk about women at his department. Now being a firefighter is a very demanding, working very close with other firefighters and very physical. Of course, when the first woman came into the fire department, he said it was hard to get use to. She had to have her own bedroom and bathroom or have certain times when she could use the bathroom when the men weren’t around. But, my husband said she turned out to be a great firefighter.
But, on the other hand, he said some of the women that came into the department caused alot of problems because they were there for one reason. To find herself a man! Being with a lot of men 24 hours a day caused problems and divorces in the department. But he said, as the years went on, that problem pretty much solved itself.
Then the man came out of my husband. He told me you use to go into the bathroom and see “certain” magazines sitting on top of the toilets and after the women moved in, the showers had little pink fuzzie things hanging in there and smelly shampoo and stuff. Oh my gosh that was so funny to hear that. Now the women work in departments that have separate bathrooms and bedrooms.
I hang a pink fuzzie thing in the shower just to hear him whine!!
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This young man, Neal Boyd, is from a small town of Sikeston, Missouri. The area where I was born and raised and you don’t hear much from this sleepy little farming area of Southeast Missouri.
But, when American’s Got Talent began its season this year, this young man made his mark and I do believe will make it far in the compitition. Please take a moment and listen to his performance last night.
Good Luck NEAL!!!!!
I LOVE roses and I don’t know too many people, especially all you ladies out there. And don’t you just love it when your hubby or boyfriends surprises you with them! What a treat that always is.
I remember when my son was in high school and the terrible acne he had. We were going to the dermatologist a lot, taking tons of pills and ended up on a treatment with side effects I wasn’t too thrilled about. But, when you have acne, you will try to do anything to get rid of it. It was very costly, a 6 month process with weekly visits to the doctor, along with constant blood tests. We were very proud of the results, but the process was really hard on him.
Tropical Storm Fay just will not go away. It will be making its way to shore again for the 3rd time in Florida in a day or two and we sure have received a lot of rain here in Central Florida. I read the rain gauge for the NOAA and we have received about 5 inches of rain in 3 days so far. There are some places that have gotten over 25 inches of rain with a lot of flooding. The rain has really been coming down today and the radar is showing more to come. My poor dog is having a hard time figuring out how to do his business outside in the rain. He does his business and back in the house. No time to smell around and play.
I must admit I HATE standing in lines and I LOVE shopping on line. Face it, we know what we want, so why get dressed, use up some of that precious gas, stand in long lines, when you can shop on line. And who wants to do this the day after Thanksgiving. I have found the perfect place to help when it comes to shopping on line for Black Friday 2008. Get ready, before you know it, Christmas will be here!!
