Coddling, Ugh... Options

[*CrackedRearView*]

I was the center of a very heated debate in my Lit class today...

We were reading about the advancement of women via The Norton Reader...and our instructor asked us a critical thinking question, I can't remember it now, but it sparked the debate.

A propos, I was pitted against the most liberal person I know, Courtney Brown, and she despises the fact that I'm the most conservative guy in the class.

So, long story short -- she goes off on a spiel about how women still don't get paid as much as men in the working world, I reply with the fact that over half of all wall street CEO's are now women, she returns with "It's only fair to give the qualified women the jobs."

It disgusts me...why should we have to coddle different races/genders now?

It happened, it's done, move on.

She said something along the lines of "Well, the guy's have had the stage for thousands of years, it's our turn now."

Actually sweetheart, I've only been here for 17. It's not mine nor any of my colleagues goddamn problems.

[lyin_in_wait]

i think that if a man and a woman work in the same job field like teaching for instance equal amount of years and so on, i believe that equal pay would be a thing to consider, but if a woman is a sub. teacher and a man is a full teacher then they shouldnt get the same pay because they have different jobs, but women need to get out there and show what we are capable of reguardless of how many men are in the field, but then again u would hafta consider the effort they are puttin also...