Unmarried are invisible, forgotten

[Staph]

65. The same is true in the corporate world.

In the early 1980s, I had an interview with a VP-level woman in my corporation. She asked if I ever felt discriminated against because I am a woman. My company has very good programs that eliminate most corporate discrimination and do a fairly good job of punishing personal discrimination. But, I told her, I did feel discriminated against as a single person. Whenever there was a time-critical situation, I was always the one called. "We need someone to fly to Minneapolis tomorrow." "We need someone to work this weekend (or this holiday) to fix this problem." It was never the married folk who were called in; it was always us singles.

The VP agreed. She had experienced the same thing, and stated that, frankly, she didn't see that changing any time soon. It's 30 years later, and it still has not changed.