Womens rights

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Originally Posted by noonereal

Be glad to explain.

I spoke to many advantages already. I'll go over them again.
1) Women were a preferred hire.

Proof? Specific examples?

2) Women stared at the same pay BUT all employees received commission as well. When physical work was called for, the men did it. This removed the men from the sales floor so the women were at an advantage in pay.

Valid but understandable and unavoidable. What would you suggest as an alternative?

[/quote]3) Women were the preferable sex for promotions.[/quote]

Again, proof and specific examples. And I don't mean that time you got passed over for a woman.

4) women received maternity leave, men did,'t

Valid but there's a growing trend to offer paternity leave as well.

5) Women were not sent to "tough" areas. You know NJ. In the company I was with the men worked the Paterson, Newark, Passaic, East Orange... stores. Women stayed in Bergen County or Livingston or Wayne... I recall men quieting rather than accept the transfer to some tough neighborhoods. Not a women ever asked.

Again, understandable. Would you want your daughters to work in the places you did and have to walk to their cars alone after dark?

My daughter used to work At Johns Hopkins Hospital which is in a particularly rough part of Baltimore. (Just ask Dr. Ben Carson.) Female employees were escorted to their cars at end of shift every day, day or night. I can't see Foot Locker or Radio Shack hiring security fro that purpose, can you?

You have to recall, this was the late 70's. Corps wanted no suits brought so men got passed over left and right.

So 40 years ago. Things are exactly the same now, I suppose.

I generally had upwards of 50 people I was fully in charge of so I knew....

You must have been one of those "smitten little manipulated toys" then.