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mantis49

(808 posts)
11. I, too, remember the gender separated job ads.
Sun Sep 27, 2020, 01:44 PM
Sep 2020

Also, I was floored the first time I wanted to apply for a credit card in my name. It required a male co-signer.

A number of my friends graduated from college in 1966 and immediately Raven Sep 2020 #1
There only s few jobs open for women. leftyladyfrommo Sep 2020 #76
I had to drive a friend to another state because spooky3 Sep 2020 #2
A friend of mine DownriverDem Sep 2020 #38
I remember my dad having to tell his best friend MurrayDelph Sep 2020 #42
'The pill' Budi Sep 2020 #3
2 job offers in my twenties iwillalwayswonderwhy Sep 2020 #4
How sick! smirkymonkey Sep 2020 #43
I stood up and walked out iwillalwayswonderwhy Sep 2020 #61
Good for you! smirkymonkey Sep 2020 #77
I remember applying for a summer job in a factory when I was in college. murielm99 Sep 2020 #5
👋👋👋👋👋 irisblue Sep 2020 #6
I was legally fired from my job when I became pregnant with my sinkingfeeling Sep 2020 #7
I remember, too, when women could not wnylib Sep 2020 #13
I also began teaching when a pregnant woman, (married, of course) couldn't teach after she began to maddiemom Sep 2020 #39
It was amazing the transformation through the 70s. dawg day Sep 2020 #44
I have someplace a photo whistler162 Sep 2020 #41
I remember in the late 60s how unusual it was to see a visibly Ms. Toad Sep 2020 #74
Not in public, true. I saw lots of them, though, wnylib Sep 2020 #80
In the Seventies,some "cool" maternity clothes FINALLY began to appear. maddiemom Sep 2020 #88
Moo moos. OMG. I remember wnylib Sep 2020 #89
I don't, but I do not want to go back to that ever. smirkymonkey Sep 2020 #8
Young women DownriverDem Sep 2020 #40
I remember those old want-ads, too. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2020 #9
It's horrifying to think this is what we could go back to. smirkymonkey Sep 2020 #48
I Sure Do colsohlibgal Sep 2020 #10
I, too, remember the gender separated job ads. mantis49 Sep 2020 #11
I don't know if this qualifies exactly.... Ohiogal Sep 2020 #12
I ... just ... I ... what? mrs_p Sep 2020 #21
Yep..... Ohiogal Sep 2020 #22
i didnt get a job i was a shoe-in for. ihas2stinkyfeet Sep 2020 #14
I remember when I first started teaching in the 80s dawg day Sep 2020 #15
That is why I never use the phrase wnylib Sep 2020 #26
I remember agingdem Sep 2020 #16
The executor being male is one of the things wnylib Sep 2020 #83
My mother was big on feminism, but she never cared about it for her daughters Beringia Sep 2020 #17
In the early 1960s frogmarch Sep 2020 #18
A man and I got promoted as department heads in a store at the same time. He got a three dollar LizBeth Sep 2020 #19
They pulled that line on my mother once. soldierant Sep 2020 #54
My girlfriend's husband snowybirdie Sep 2020 #20
Couldn't get a credit card until I was 29 PlanetBev Sep 2020 #23
I was applying for a job with the post office in 1974. TicketyBoo Sep 2020 #62
I can remember back then, but here is one from the 90's RazzleCat Sep 2020 #24
I remember discrimination from a bank csziggy Sep 2020 #25
I do. SamKnause Sep 2020 #27
Pretty much all of the above, marybourg Sep 2020 #28
Reminds me if an incident when I was wnylib Sep 2020 #34
While I was aware of a lot of the things talked about here, PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2020 #29
K&R Solly Mack Sep 2020 #30
Forwarded this to my Superior Other and daughter PoliWrangler Sep 2020 #31
I remember well lillypaddle Sep 2020 #32
Yes, I remember Our Bodies Ourselves. wnylib Sep 2020 #36
I remember when my mother had to get a Power of Attorney to help my father conduct their business. rickyhall Sep 2020 #33
My college friend's mother decided to return to school for her master's degree in the 70's dlk Sep 2020 #35
Oh, we're making America TicketyBoo Sep 2020 #65
That chair thing was a survival from the Victorian era. displacedtexan Sep 2020 #70
Ah yes, the Victorian Era dlk Sep 2020 #71
the thing that most affected me.. stillcool Sep 2020 #37
One of my first memories was having to get a credit card in my husband's name. Lonestarblue Sep 2020 #45
I only remember growing up in an atmosphere of shifting social attitudes on gender, and... Crunchy Frog Sep 2020 #46
This is an important thread. We should never forget. Hamlette Sep 2020 #47
+1000 smirkymonkey Sep 2020 #52
wnylib said: A co-worker asked me, "Well, is it serious? Or does he just slap you around a little?" iluvtennis Sep 2020 #49
Believe it or not, that was a female co-worker wnylib Sep 2020 #68
You're a strong woman wnylib. Look at all you've survived. I applaud you. iluvtennis Sep 2020 #69
Thanks, but I did have help and don't wnylib Sep 2020 #72
I remember, but as a man. MineralMan Sep 2020 #50
Actually, TicketyBoo Sep 2020 #66
To this day, I am STILL mad as hell that all the boys got to go to a Cubs game in the 6th grade. GoCubsGo Sep 2020 #51
Oh boy does that bring back memories. wnylib Sep 2020 #78
RBG was great for men too as a part of her clever strategy to fight gender discrimination IronLionZion Sep 2020 #53
Yes, she knew that equality goes both ways. wnylib Sep 2020 #81
Graduated from college in 1962..Best job I could find paid $65.00 a week. Paper Roses Sep 2020 #55
I remember and life sucked. trueblue2007 Sep 2020 #56
I'm too young JonLP24 Sep 2020 #57
In the 1970s, my mom had to wear a skirt and pantyhose at her job putting price tags on clothes. SunSeeker Sep 2020 #58
I graduated from college in 1956 and went looking for a job. connecticut yankee Sep 2020 #59
I'm 55. Most of my memories are my mom telling me stories russiamommy Sep 2020 #60
My mother does. She was born in 1936. My sister refuses to believe some of the stories she tells. eppur_se_muova Sep 2020 #63
I was too young to have it affect me directly MustLoveBeagles Sep 2020 #64
My college applications required a physical exam, including Pregnancy Test displacedtexan Sep 2020 #67
While RBG was absolutely fantastic - just remember that she was but one woman. Ms. Toad Sep 2020 #73
You're right that RBG was one woman wnylib Sep 2020 #84
I graduated from college in 1969 leftyladyfrommo Sep 2020 #75
It was mid 1960's Mossfern Sep 2020 #79
Not too long. Thanks for sharing your wnylib Sep 2020 #82
Ah yes, Mossfern Sep 2020 #86
Well, you've accomplished more than wnylib Sep 2020 #87
Like many other posters, I have too many incidents that I could write about. llmart Sep 2020 #85
I remember being declined a department store credit card in my name mnhtnbb Sep 2020 #90
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