Oh, for Cryin’ Out Loud
just before lunchtime on Thursday, the 10th of July 2008 by Katie
Someone needs to grow up and put her “big girl pants on”.
What self respecting woman actually gets upset by “men at work” signs? Give me a break.
Gee, maybe it should be the men that are upset about the sign. Maybe the men could read it as a jibe at them. Maybe the evil, sexist sign makers thought that men worked so infrequently, that they needed to make a sign to point out the one spot that men were working at.
Sometimes when the word “men” is used, I think that we should be adult enough to read “people” without having to change the phrase. Mailmen. Firemen. Policemen.
and even
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed…”
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July 12th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
seriously sad and petty for someone to be offended by if a sign has “wo” before the “man”.. it is mankind as a group.. they need to go back to school. any woman who has an issue with such petty things has bigger problems,i highly recommend therapy and with a male doc (grin).
July 13th, 2008 at 7:57 am
Conan O’Brien(sp?) had a good take on that.
He said the protesters wanted the signs to read: “Men and women who look like men working” !
July 13th, 2008 at 8:55 am
More like “Men and women who look like men are standing around waiting for the union rep.”