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classof56

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14. I used to love the questions about what birth control method I used (if married of course),
Tue Sep 8, 2015, 02:08 PM
Sep 2015

And what day care arrangements were in place, after married and had children, of course. Oh, and the ones about what job my husband had and what it paid, implication being why was I considering working outside the home, didn't he make enough money to support me? Plus, it was a given that male employees made more than females doing the same jobs, 'cause men had families to support and thus needed more money, and besides single females could always find a "guy" to take her out to eat, plus she could reside with her parents or share an apartment with 5 other females, thus it didn't cost as much to live. All these were actual questions/attitudes those of us making our way through the work force encountered back in the 50's and 60's, when I was navigating the employment scene.

Ah, yes, the good ol' pre-Feminist Movement days. Younger females these days would do well to pay attention to the battles that were fought and won from which they've benefited. Appears to me, there are those who would love to launch those battles once more. Part of the War on Women, as I see it. Let's not go there again, okay?

Rant's over now. Blessings to all.

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...... daleanime Sep 2015 #1
let them. just pull every single penny of federal aid they get, fuckers. roguevalley Sep 2015 #31
I wish that happened to me HassleCat Sep 2015 #2
You might be able to retire, TexasTowelie Sep 2015 #55
Hello, lawsuits shenmue Sep 2015 #3
Easy ones to win, too. hifiguy Sep 2015 #23
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM!!! PERSECUTION!!! progressoid Sep 2015 #4
Years ago I was a manager at a huge company that had a checklist which RKP5637 Sep 2015 #5
They got rid of the physical list; but, what about the attitude behind the list? n/t 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2015 #12
Very good point! hamsterjill Sep 2015 #32
It has been my experience that a good lawsuit will have "smoking gun" protocols/manuals ... 1StrongBlackMan Sep 2015 #36
Yep, we were told to pull it all out of the manager's guidelines books. Maybe there was some type RKP5637 Sep 2015 #42
I'm definitly sure that stayed behind with some. HR became very concerned about equality, so RKP5637 Sep 2015 #38
I used to love the questions about what birth control method I used (if married of course), classof56 Sep 2015 #14
I got into a management position in 1973 nichomachus Sep 2015 #24
Yep, that sounds about par back then, it was incredible! n/t RKP5637 Sep 2015 #39
Remember "The Good Time News" episode of the _Mary Tyler Moore_ Show, tblue37 Sep 2015 #46
what's odd about that too is treestar Sep 2015 #49
why do you think there have been no real bargains in the past 25 yrs? elehhhhna Sep 2015 #51
Well said!!! hamsterjill Sep 2015 #33
Yep, I bet many today do not realize what it was like back then. It was horrible, and some RKP5637 Sep 2015 #41
My last name is actually German, but sometimes people think it is Jewish. JDPriestly Sep 2015 #19
Yep, hearing that, I sure bet they were bigoted. n/t RKP5637 Sep 2015 #40
Unbelievable! What part of the country are you from, if I may ask? smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #44
Los Angeles which makes it all the more unbelievable. JDPriestly Sep 2015 #47
Wow! I thought this would have been the deep south or the midwest. smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #48
Absurd wastes of taxpayer money..... haikugal Sep 2015 #6
There are so many begging for a Theocracy... yuiyoshida Sep 2015 #7
These yahoos wouldn't be stoning people -- they'd just shoot them with guns. Arugula Latte Sep 2015 #20
And in Texas atreides1 Sep 2015 #27
Even if they skipped high school civics truebluegreen Sep 2015 #8
Seems more applicable here than in the Kim whatserface case nxylas Sep 2015 #9
Here is the First Amendment phrase that requires Kim to marry LGBTs. JDPriestly Sep 2015 #21
Yes, that's the phrase that should be quoted nxylas Sep 2015 #26
Yes. The religious test for public office applies to the OP. JDPriestly Sep 2015 #28
This immediately sprung to my mind Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2015 #25
Does that include black Baptists too? Somehow I'm thinking not. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2015 #10
The Black Baptists are separate. Manifestor_of_Light Sep 2015 #13
I was married into a SoBap family (why, I was very confused) they were the craziest people ever. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2015 #18
I went to college in Williamson County TexasTowelie Sep 2015 #57
Thanks, Towelie. I'm glad he still has his job. This "hiring requirement" can't be legal. Dont call me Shirley Sep 2015 #59
Misleading headline on this OP Jim Lane Sep 2015 #11
You're right. Eric J in MN Sep 2015 #16
The Court Can Look at the Current Employee Make-up TheOther95Percent Sep 2015 #50
Yes. The plaintiffs have a great case. Eric J in MN Sep 2015 #61
The county commissioners are persecuting all Christians who are not Baptists. Hey, wait, NCjack Sep 2015 #15
Because MY god is better than your god and much better than their god... SoapBox Sep 2015 #17
Now Christians are persecuting Christians. Poor Methodists. . B Calm Sep 2015 #22
I doubt that. TexasTowelie Sep 2015 #58
But they're "uniters" louis-t Sep 2015 #29
There's an old saying in my family that comes from my great-grandfather SwankyXomb Sep 2015 #30
Good one! classof56 Sep 2015 #43
Joke: there was a mixed marriage underpants Sep 2015 #52
:-) underpants Sep 2015 #53
I was told "everyone here loves the Lord" in an interview several years back in Texas. hamsterjill Sep 2015 #34
I read something years ago about a study, I think it was done by Harvard, and the basic smirkymonkey Sep 2015 #45
What if you lose the faith after your probation is over? Omaha Steve Sep 2015 #35
jaw dropping Liberal_in_LA Sep 2015 #37
used to live there catrose Sep 2015 #54
When were you there? TexasTowelie Sep 2015 #60
Late 90s eom catrose Sep 2015 #62
DERPLY HERLD RELERGERS BERLERFSSS Warren DeMontague Sep 2015 #56
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