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Show , Butte rllies 1 kit & lv ' v ' I Mi Volnti, In Between 1 ; CAROL LEMON Sexual Harassment!' Fact or fiction? Robert Gans, president of Gans Ink, of Los Angeles, recently wrote an article about the contro- versial subject. It went like' this; "I entered the office and sensed something was up. The gals were all looking at me sort of funny, and snickering snick-ering at each other. I gave my usual 'HI all' and went on over to Connie and gave her her usual morning morn-ing pat on the head. "Aha!" she cried. "Sexual "Sex-ual harassment!" All the other girls nodded In agreement. agree-ment. What's this all about, he demanded. And was told that another women's equal rights group had filed an- - other case in court declaring declar-ing that women were not being be-ing treated as equals, and that they were harassed sexually. Male Bosses were demanding little favors and women were not being given equality in pay and status. Sandl and Connie informed him that a pat on the head could lead to a $25,000. law suit. "Well, then, how much would a pat on the butt lead to?" he asked innocently. "$50,0007" They all cried pulling out charts and news -paper stories. 'L reeled to my office to think this all out. To tell the truth I could have an office full of efficient hard working and ambitious young men. But they are all so UGLY. . . and I like looking at pretty faces and shapes. "In fact, I hired Gloria over three others, because her bustline was so unusual." un-usual." "Equality, my foot! If all was equal, half the girls in America would not be working. ..And what equality is there when the gals take off for the beauty parlor -or take a sick baby to the doctor's office, or go shopping. shop-ping. "Sex works both ways. If a woman puts on a little perfume and wiggles on her way to the washroom, then let us men sue! 1) 1 wiggle - $12,000. 2) One brush by in the Stockroom - $20,000; 3) One close encounter at the water cooler, $25,000 "We men must stand up for our rights and eliminate sexual harassment too. "The trouble is that all the fun in business will be gone ..." Hmph! I'd like to see him walk up to one of his male - highly paid execs and say his good mornings with a pat on the head! Nothing gets my Scotch -or is it Irish - up more than a condescending pat on my curly red locks. And an , ill timed pat on the butt just might make the deliverer de-liverer of such pat a candidate candi-date for the U of U Medical Center. As with everything else, the ERA has gone beyond the point for which it was intended. But I think it's initial purpose was a good one. If a woman does equal work with a man, and does it efficiently then her pay should be equal. . . and vice versa. I, for one, am glad to I see women takingtheir place , in the courts, becoming I judges, justices, executives. Women have been stifled Intellectually In-tellectually until our present day. Few received schooling, school-ing, and even fewer were able to pursue a career in a field outside of home-making. home-making. If anyone thinks being a wife and mother is a piece of cake they are sorely mistaken! mis-taken! It takes the equivalent equi-valent of a degree In Child (and husband) Psychology -Homemaking - Marketing -Business Management -Business Math - Financial Counseling and Investment-Cost Investment-Cost Analysis - Communications Communi-cations -and a host of others. Women executives in all fields are on the upswimg, and they are paying for it with Increased rates of heart attack, at-tack, stroke and ulcers. But at least today, the choice is theirs. |