I decided to interview my mother, who is just at the age of 45.. but soon turning 46. She is an amazing woman and I love her a great deal. She's been a huge inspiration in my life. She is so independent, hard-working and opinionated. She's taught me to be the same way and to be proud of whoever I am. When I asked her about her experience with gender, discrimination, and femininism in her life she said:
"Men are always seen as the 'strong' gender even being able to handle stress of a job. This is not always accurate!Women are catagorized in certain roles even when I was in hs and college. It wasn't til later that I saw women breaking more into different areas and being more independent. I was in college and looking for a job. I went on this interview as referred by a relative/friend. The asshole treated all the women there as a 'service' to them. Long story short..I didn't work there and he got my personal views on him and women in the work force prior to me storming out of his office!Ihave also had available jobs tell me that they were looking for a male.I feel that I have broken out of it by obtaining my masters, holding the position that I do with my work and speaking out! I have been pretty upfront with my views on that with my present / past employers. There are more rights in place now in the hiring process especially with HIPPA. This is an entity that protects one's private and personal information. So, a prospective employer cannot ask certain questions such as ...do you have children, married etc etc. My definition is ..Social, political and economical fairness among sexes and the rights of women."
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