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Mar

5

Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Clerical Workistan

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Metro’s mayor’s race blog, Fight For Room 215, asked all the candidates how they would get an unemployed young person a job instead of deciding to become a drug dealer.

The candidates gave the typical responses — “Drugs are bad, mmmkay, it’s better and safer to get a real job,” etc. Tom Knox said he wants to set up career training centers, also. But kudos to Bob Brady for giving the honest answer — uhh, if I’m mayor, I could get this one person a freaking job — although it left a little to be desired:

Bob Brady: It depends on who the person is. …If it’s a young man I can always help them get into a trade, if it’s a young lady you can help them get into a clerical position someplace. You have to get them skilled and trained. If the people want to work they’ll work.

And they wonder why we don’t have any female candidates for mayor. (They have to rise up from clerical work, which is harder to do than rising up from being a tradesman.)

What would you say? [Fight For Room 215]
Mayor’s race: One party, one gender [Inquirer]
 
dmac | 3:00 PM | 1 Comment
2007 Mayoral Race, Bob Brady, Gender Relations
 
  1. jas. Says: Mar 6 10:59 AM

    you missed the ‘uh, what?’ moment in yesterday’s metro mayoral coverage–the article on larry west, where they called him ‘well-spoken’ twice in the first two paragraphs…

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