GRRR - The Gender Bias Continues

[SoldierNurse]

Originally Posted by NavyJim58

I don't want to "beat a dead horse"....i'll just say that you have to be careful because the way Sexual Harrasment charges are dealt with are unfair......the charge is enough....they don't have to show real proof.....the EOC usually comes back and says they can't verify the charge but it could still be true.....The PC boss wants to cover his/her butt so they screw you anyway.....got to be careful......

I have seen several good people get screwed over this way...

When's the wetting down party? take care, Jim

The only wetting down around here [no alcohol consumption allowed in Iraq... at least on our FOB] is the +1/4 mile walk from our tent to the DFAC. The wet being sweat with +120 degree temps, especially with IBA [Individual Body Armor Vest], and Kevlar, etc.

I'll let ya'll know when I get officially pinned [velcro'd, LOL].

[NavyJim58]

Originally Posted by MagRedC5

The only wetting down around here [no alcohol consumption allowed in Iraq... at least on our FOB] is the +1/4 mile walk from our tent to the DFAC. The wet being sweat with +120 degree temps, especially with IBA [Individual Body Armor Vest], and Kevlar, etc.

I'll let ya'll know when I get officially pinned [velcro'd, LOL].

"Huah"

[mtmattking]

I have been an RN since 1980.

A few years back I sent in a resume to company based in the middle-east (the corporate office was in Canada) that was recruting nurses.
I got a letter back stating that the company does not accept men as nurses.
The original ad was in the 'official journal of the ANA', you know the one that is supposed to support and promote professionalism in nursing?

I sent my rejection letter to the Editor to let them know that they were accepting advertising from a company that was practicing gender discrimination.

I got a busque note back from the ANA Journal Editor that basically said: "We do not care about discrimination by our advertisers."

Hmmm, run it this way: What if I was Africian American (or chinese, or Japanese or anything else), got rejected by an advertiser because of my race and the Editor of the official ANA magaznine replied that: "We do not care if our advertisers discriminate against blacks"?

Sounds different doesn't it? Sure didn't feel different.

[Ricu]

Originally Posted by mtmattking

I have been an RN since 1980.

A few years back I sent in a resume to company based in the middle-east (the corporate office was in Canada) that was recruting nurses.
I got a letter back stating that the company does not accept men as nurses.
The original ad was in the 'official journal of the ANA', you know the one that is supposed to support and promote professionalism in nursing?

I sent my rejection letter to the Editor to let them know that they were accepting advertising from a company that was practicing gender discrimination.

I got a busque note back from the ANA Journal Editor that basically said: "We do not care about discrimination by our advertisers."

Hmmm, run it this way: What if I was Africian American (or chinese, or Japanese or anything else), got rejected by an advertiser because of my race and the Editor of the official ANA magaznine replied that: "We do not care if our advertisers discriminate against blacks"?

Sounds different doesn't it? Sure didn't feel different.

It sounds discriminatory to me no matter how you cut it.

R

[orionseal]

:hung: CUT??? Sounds like he got sliced and diced to me, then to add insult to injury the ANA put him in a blender bypassed puret and went for liquify.
and then:yikes:eeing: And here I thought they were on our side. :frustrated:
I truely feel your pain my friend we seem to be the only ones left they can slap around without getting into a world of hurt.:39:
The biggots are always going to find a new target. SO here is a new one for them:grits:get the point?

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[SoldierNurse]

Originally Posted by NavyJim58

"HOOAH"

My promotion ceremony was May 30th with actual DOR May 1, 2007.

[ruby43]

It is never going to go away totally people. I was a lady Marine for awhile out of highschool, and I got tired of being called a lady Marine, rather than a Marine like the rest of the "guys".
I am also an LPN, and I get this all the time "oh, you're and LPN?"....as if I am not a nurse. So it exists in other areas as well.
Just hang in there, and think of it as a moment of pride and dignity when someone actually notices or comments....be realistic...it isn't going away...I wish it would too.
I support all of you fellow nurses in an rewarding field...perhaps you all are the stepping stones for future nurses.

[SoldierNurse]

Originally Posted by ruby43

It is never going to go away totally people. I was a lady Marine for awhile out of highschool, and I got tired of being called a lady Marine, rather than a Marine like the rest of the "guys".
I am also an LPN, and I get this all the time "oh, you're and LPN?"....as if I am not a nurse. So it exists in other areas as well.
Just hang in there, and think of it as a moment of pride and dignity when someone actually notices or comments....be realistic...it isn't going away...I wish it would too.
I support all of you fellow nurses in an rewarding field...perhaps you all are the stepping stones for future nurses.

I was active duty USMC 1980-1988. We called the female Marines "WM's".

OORAH!

[FloridaMaleNurse]

Hey Soldier Nurse....."capt" now.....congratulations......I had to change my moniker also.....was NavyJim58.......I remember when my Army nurse wife was a captain......we flew on a navy plane from Hawaii to San Franciso and the navy met us with a staff car when we go there because they thought she was a navy capt......pretty sweet......the driver didn't care......how long before your up for major? take care, Jim