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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 458162" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>I have my share of stories like that, too- after my father died and my mother, who had grown up dirt-poor then married my father and tried to be one of those socialites, found herself trying to figure out how to put food on the table and support me- she got a job for a judge who told her she had to spend the weekend with him or lose her job so she lost the job. There are horrible jobs she had to take. I will give her credit for some things just due to those struggles. But I also have to say, I could relate to being that preschool age kid who got "popped" by the mother whenever the mother was embarressed or whatever.</p><p></p><p>In any case, in private business that are known to have a hx of being predominately male, there isn't equal pay even to this day and there is still a glass ceiling. I can attest to that. They'll make one minority a partner in order to get the benefits of being minority or women owned, but the other ones are SOL. I personally wish they'd get rid of all those "special" benefits for minorities and women at this point and really be forced to treat us all equal. The benefits from those safe haven laws are beyond spent and are working against a lot of people anymmore, in my humble opinion.</p><p></p><p>ETA I'm not referring to the laws agaisnt discriminating in the workplace, I'm referring to giving "benefits" to comapnies just for obeying that law. At least they need re-vamping because too many companies are just using these as a loophole.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 458162, member: 3699"] I have my share of stories like that, too- after my father died and my mother, who had grown up dirt-poor then married my father and tried to be one of those socialites, found herself trying to figure out how to put food on the table and support me- she got a job for a judge who told her she had to spend the weekend with him or lose her job so she lost the job. There are horrible jobs she had to take. I will give her credit for some things just due to those struggles. But I also have to say, I could relate to being that preschool age kid who got "popped" by the mother whenever the mother was embarressed or whatever. In any case, in private business that are known to have a hx of being predominately male, there isn't equal pay even to this day and there is still a glass ceiling. I can attest to that. They'll make one minority a partner in order to get the benefits of being minority or women owned, but the other ones are SOL. I personally wish they'd get rid of all those "special" benefits for minorities and women at this point and really be forced to treat us all equal. The benefits from those safe haven laws are beyond spent and are working against a lot of people anymmore, in my humble opinion. ETA I'm not referring to the laws agaisnt discriminating in the workplace, I'm referring to giving "benefits" to comapnies just for obeying that law. At least they need re-vamping because too many companies are just using these as a loophole. [/QUOTE]
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