WORKING IN
AMERICA…..YA BETTER BE A MAN!
It’s great to live in America, to work here, and it’s great to take
advantage of arguably the very best medical care in the world. America, the
United States is the greatest country on the face of the earth today, and some
would argue…..the greatest country in the history of man.
So with all of these greats connected
to our country, you’d figure that possibly the least of our problems would be
to find a job, one that paid a decent living wage, one that encouraged
employees to voice opinions, to be involved in their work-place, and for the
employer to squeeze every ounce of the potential that their workers had.
But that isn’t the case in most jobs, you show up, punch a time-clock,
go through the routine of the day, doing no more than is expected, and at the
end of the day, punch out, stop at the tavern with the fellas, or go home, eat
supper, watch television, maybe give the wife a little “pickle tickle” and do
the exact same thing the next day.
Finding a job where a fella can obtain that “sustainable” position,
that job that makes him feel good about himself, that strokes his intellect, a
job where he supremely understands and knows his duties in the work-place, and
a job that will pay the bills and put some money away for that dreaded rainy day, that really is all
the 90% of American citizens want out of the work-place.
And now we have these two jokers, Obama and Romney, campaigning for
the highest office in our country…..and possible the world, and one seems tepid
at most, Obama, and the other, Romney, who says by far the most stupid things
that I can imagine, “and I can imagine a whole bunch of stuff,” referring to
job applications from women as “binders full,” or the 47% comment, WOW. Way to go “Willard” you just made
the Democrats day.
I watched the debate the other night, well actually about 20 minutes,
and then watched reaction the next day on both Fox and NCNBC. Here’s what I
took from the second debate, interruptions, half truths, disrespect…..and sheer
stupidity from both men. They reminded me of two kids on a playground, arguing
over the last swing, neither smart enough to share…..no way, no how.
WOMEN IN THE WORK-PLACE, AND IN
THE COUNTRY AT LARGE:
Okay, the above was slanted towards the male of the genders,
I’ll admit that, but I wrote the above to illustrate some of the unbelievable
thinking in our country, the fact that people do not understand that employers
who sit in board-rooms with share-holders do not enter into a conversation
about how they can me the work-place a more enjoyable setting for the workers.
They do not entertain raising wages “across the board,” not gonna happen.
These people are bottom liners pure and simple, they are only
interested in keeping production up and wages and benefits down. With the
weakening union presence and authority in the workplace, people are basically
left at whatever the employer and management decides is the best from
their…..pocket-books.
Everybody in the workplace suffers under this crushing mentality and
atmosphere of this bottom line mentality.
The “Captains of Industry” were never concerned with a workers
work-place conditions, or the safety of the machinery in use, it was always the
bottom line.
But with women it’s even worse, in many places and many professions;
women are viewed and considered as “second class citizens.” Not strong enough,
to emotional, unwilling or unable to do some jobs……and then of course there’s
that dreaded 28 or so day cycle when the hormones’ are running wild, and she might as well go home time.
However for all the crap women have taken in the workplace, the sexual
innuendos, and the down and dirty forcible threat sex, where a women’s
job might be terminated if sexual favors aren’t forthcoming, women have
survived, and in some quarters thrived in a man’s world.
I had an assertive mother, have three sisters, a lovely wife, and two
daughters…..as well as a son, so I have seen inequality, I have felt it through
the women in my life, and I have seen
the aftermath of lives wasted in the workplace, unrealized potential and of
course the inequality in pay.
After all, employees also have a bottom line…..it’s the same as the
employer, to get as much pay as possible for their sweat, their labor, and
yes…..the risks that are taken each and every day in the workplace.
There is another way to look at women’s inequality in the workplace in
general and actually the world in particular. Until women can do or don’t
expect from men:
Storm the beaches at Normandy.
Who was in the lifeboats first
on the Titanic? Yea that’s right, women and children.
Who is expected to lay down
their lives for women?
Who is expected to sacrifice
their life to save a child?
During World War 1, who was
slaughtered by the hundreds of thousands?
When there is a dirty,
stinking, repulsive job to do, who gets the call?
10,000 men die on a
battlefield, its war.
10,000 women die; it’s a crime
against humanity.
Of course I don’t agree with the above, but you girls have to admit
it’s how many, many men view the differences between the sexes, as opposed to
the obvious. There is another possible reason, but gee, can it really be as
simple as I’m thinking?
Bosses, owners, supervisors, managers, shift bosses, and people with
seniority might all view women employees the same way, as cute little things,
to be pampered, to be protected…..and to be taken advantage of.
For 99% of men, women are nice to look at, objects of affection, and
viewed as sexual playmates, honest…..I’m not kidding. To get past these
physical barriers it takes men of vision and understanding, and women as well I
might add.
Women deserve the same pay as men, if they are doing the same
job…..period. Why should a business pay a man $10 an hour to bake bread and a
women $9 to do the same thing. Who benefits from this inequality, the male
baker, or the owner? ”I don’t know,” you be the judge.
In closing I would only say two little word to sum up this blog, and I
could have said it up front and not have written the rest…..”You go girlfriend!”
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