No Women Policy in Pubs In Days Gone By.

[GrahamL]

I want a health care proffesional on the job and don't care about
there gender !

I'm sorry your mum wasn't happy with a male Paul , was it mentioned in her file notes ?
My mum was in an ICU for a few weeks in recent years and my father and I were pretty much in shock the whole time , the nurse who was careing for her struck up a decent conversaton with my father over a week or so and eventually asked a couple of questions whos answers when passed up and delt with through the team probably saved her life.

[avandonk]

One of our senior admin officers was still single because if she had got married she would have been forced to resign! She and I used to go to pick up joints as a 'couple' in the early nineties as this kept away the superficial opportunists. We both stayed very good friends because our relationship was not intimate. The fact I was with her made me far more approachable for a single woman and vice versa. It was not the uncomfortable interaction of one on one as strangers but a group where there was no pressure but to have conversation rather than subtly implied coercion.

Bert

[AstralTraveller (David)]

Bert,

This was happening in the 90s??? I know this happened in the public service in the 50s (not there but told by someone who was) but in the 70s there were plenty of married women in the public service. They even got 12 months (unpaid) maternity leave. Wherever this was going on was way way behind the times and also clearly in breach of anti-discrimination legestation.

[avandonk]

Originally Posted by AstralTraveller

Bert,

This was happening in the 90s??? I know this happened in the public service in the 50s (not there but told by someone who was) but in the 70s there were plenty of married women in the public service. They even got 12 months (unpaid) maternity leave. Wherever this was going on was way way behind the times and also clearly in breach of anti-discrimination legestation.

You are correct this happened to her many years earlier. She got so used to being her own master that a man was just a plaything not a husband. I only went out with her after my divorce.

Bert

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Funny I was watching james Bond the other night and my wife said "what a sexist show this is, women are treated as such sex objects" ..perhaps but she, like just about every other viewer, was totally oblivious to and fully accepting of the scenes depicting the plethora of ways all the male characters and extras were being murdered, tortured and brutalised..... it makes me laugh

Mike

[avandonk]

True Mike. How often has the expression 'be a man' meant something very unpleasant was about to be done to you. From going over the top from a nice safe trench to certain death or going to the church to get married.

Bert

[GTB_an_Owl (Geoff)]

some of you seem to have forgotten

a gentleman was not allowed into the ladies lounge unless accompanied by a lady

fair is fair (well almost)

geoff

[GTB_an_Owl (Geoff)]

well actually there were 4 areas of discrimination

public bar
saloon bar
lounge
beer garden

all with their own rules (standards)

geoff

[kinetic (Steve)]

Originally Posted by avandonk

True Mike. How often has the expression 'be a man' meant something very unpleasant was about to be done to you. From going over the top from a nice safe trench to certain death or going to the church to get married.

Bert

Gold, pure gold Bert...you and Brian (Miaplacidus)..two of a kind!

Steve

[el_draco (Rom)]

My mum preferred male nurses any day of the week.... and I have to agree with it. Many female nurses are pretty brutal. I can say that, and get away with it, because my wife is an R.N. and agrees with that description.

As for pubs, beer and scantily dressed women.... All I can say is .... "Fosters Flop". Stay away from those places!

Originally Posted by PCH

On another note, when my poor old mum was hospitalised before she passed away recently, I was horrified one evening whilst visiting, to find that the only 'nurse' available to help her to the toilet was a great big bloke who looked like he would have been more at home digging trenches. It just wasn't on and I sent him packing - I don't care what they thought. In the end, another lady patient helped her. Some jobs just ARE for women, and some are for men imo. What's wrong with saying that?

[Jen]

Originally Posted by AstralTraveller

Shortarse Jen discovers that astronomy is much much more rewarding when she can reach the eyepiece!




{Dave makes note to never go to Snake Valley.}

lol Dave