irreticent@lemmy.zip to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoHow was trying to get a job different THEN vs NOWlemmy.worldimagemessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up1383arrow-down112file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareMrsDoyle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69·2 months agoMy personal experience in the 1970s: “I’d give you the job if you were a man but you’re not, so…” Apparently I would just get pregnant and leave.
minus-squarethen_three_more@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 months agoThe cartoon should have put “man” in bold.
minus-squareagamemnonymous@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoThat probably has a lot to do with it. Doubling the workforce let’s employers be way pickier.
My personal experience in the 1970s: “I’d give you the job if you were a man but you’re not, so…” Apparently I would just get pregnant and leave.
The cartoon should have put “man” in bold.
That probably has a lot to do with it. Doubling the workforce let’s employers be way pickier.