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!!!!!
Very interesting post. Personally I find that equality has gone overboard and women are sometimes allowed into a job because they have to wether they can do the job or not. My hubby is in the military and works with a couple of women. One of them can do the job just fine and he has no problem with her being there, however the other one can’t physically do the job. The requirements for women is so much lower than the men so that they can pass, but then some of them aren’t strong enough to do the job and the men then have to pick up the slack for her all the time. If they were in a war zone, there’s no way she could lift one of the men to carry them to safety. This is where I think that women’s equality has gone backwards. If the women can do the job then by all means they should be allowed, but if they can’t meet the job’s requirements then why are they being hired? Because in some cases, women are hired so that the number of men and women in a job is equal… wether the women are qualified or not in some cases.
This isn’t always the case, my hubby has run across many women in the military in different positions that do an excellent job, but some are just there to fill numbers… not because they are equaly qualified.
That’s just my 2 cents, thanks for such a great thought provoking post today!
Love the comment about the pink fuzzie things and the shampoo!!
I agree – if a woman can do the job as well as a man can, then all well and good, but if not, then they shouldn’t be doing it
That’s a loaded question I’ll pass on my repsonse, LOL
but the singer is fab.
Another great post–as always!
I actually think that women have a lot more options than men do. Men are pretty much expected to work for their adult lives and support their families. Women can work full time, part time, or not at all and all of those options are acceptable. Despite the growing number of stay at home dads, I still don’t see this option as being nearly as acceptable among the masses as stay at home mothers are, especially from one man to another.
As for individual jobs, I think that if anybody has the physical ability to do a particular job, then they should be allowed to do it, whether it be women fighting fires, or men teaching preschool. But if you don’t have the ability, then you shouldn’t be in the job, regardless of gender.
I think we still have a way to go on equality but not necessarily on giving women more choices. I actually think that the last little while has opened up many choices for women but at the expense of men sometimes. Equality does not mean women taking advantage of men anymore than it meant men taking advantage of women. If they can do the job they should have a chance to do it regardless of whether they are male or female.
Thanks for the thought provoking post.
Hi Tammy,
I come to visit you through a link on the DST blog train. I wasn’t in line after ya, but I had some time to play – a minor miricle!
I’m glad I did.
I think some men will always think less of women and treat them as less. Its not right. But it will happen. I think as Moms we have a responsibility to not to ever perpetuate that sort of attitude.
The young man in the Video has tremendous talent, his song touched me very much. Thanks for sharing.
warmly,
Barb (Mrs. Miles)