I don't know. There is something wrong with my sound card all of a sudden and I have not diagnosed it or found a transcript for your link yet. I am not even sure if that is in fact what I would say about it, though I think the direction the workplace is taking these days is wrong for both men and women. Re your comment on litigation though -- it is a means that is out of reach of many people. Re your comment on minorities, yes most places have one or two tame examples. That doesn't mean that the opportunities are equal, only that it has been found advantageous to have a few around that can be pointed to. I'd suggest that the women complaining about it perhaps found themselves unemployed and the others took the hint.
Dana On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 13:50:04 -0600, Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dana wrote: > > litigation is generally expensive and not worth it. I know I have > > never bothered. I'll look at the link shortly, brunch awaits me. > > Yes, but it's the device our society has decided is the civilized way > of solving a dispute and dispensing justice. My point is, Affirmative > Action is an archaic device that creates more injustice than it solves > these days. > > To see that it's not needed all you have to do is look to top > universities or top firms - they all have women or minorities. > > That being said there is a point in favor of your side of things: in > at least academics the system may be stacked against women - not on > purpose, but because it was designed around men and their needs. > > For example, to get a top professorship an average woman would have to > forgo having children. This is because that career track will take > most of her time until she's in her late 30s. Now, granted, this is > her choice, but who says the system needs to be set up that way? > > It was clearly designed around men who don't have the same liabilities > when it comes to having children. > > I think that's a good point, but the question remains - where are the > women complaining about it? If they exist they're certainly not > organized. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:145413 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
