OK. Do you think a couple should be able choose between having a daughter or son?

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72. The statement has sexist overtones at the very least...

However, she was a wonderful lady to work for. She was a Vice-Principal and as such was the lead administrator at the Adult School in my school district.

I actually had to think about that statement a few moments before it made sense to me. She said that the very first day she was assigned to our school. We were having our yearly "in-service" training in September and she said it not five minutes after introducing herself to the entire staff. She never made a comment with that kind of flavor (backhanded insult) again in the five years I taught under her.

Though it's a sexist comment, I wasn't offended by it in the least and would go to bat for her this very day as she did many times for me over the years.

I have to laugh at the memory of it all now because I actually had to use paper and a pencil to explain it to our oldest male instructor.

I think that had someone bugged our breakroom, every one of us would have been fired at some point. The things that were said there would make a Sailor blush (I'm the evidence for that remark) and most of the bawdiest remarks were made by the ladies.