Posted: Jan 15, 2012 4:10 am
Globe wrote:johnbrandt wrote:It doesn't really matter if you are male or female, black, white, whatever...do a good job and people will eventually give you the respect you crave.
What people don't, generally, like are people who openly make it obvious that they think you should just automatically give them respect, and that works at all levels from garbage collector to heads of government.
As for sex, it doesn't, to the vast majority of people, matter. Womens groups seem to think that men "won't accept" femal pilots, politicians, or bosses...wrong wrong wrong...we basically couldn't care less, providing you haven't been handed the job as some form of quota-filling exercise, and are there because of merit...in other words, you are the best person for the job.
There's nothing worse than anyone of either sex who is in a position of power who is there only because of some sort of affirmative action or quota system, and thinks they deserve the same "respect" as someone who has slogged thier guts out for years proving thier skills. Don't work that way, sorry.
Sometimes I wonder if we live on the same planet John.
And then I remember.... you not only live on the other side of the pond, you also live on the other side of the gender gap, and can, as such, mostly only speak for yourself.
Bingo.