Suitable for the job ... except you're a woman (1967) | RetroFocus
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2018
- "They say they don't want a woman, they advertised for a man. And that's it."
Women, even those with degrees, found it hard to advance their careers in 1960s Australia, with reasons given at job interviews ranging from protection from rape, to labs being too dirty for women.
This Four Corners episode, Behind the Potted Palm, aired on April 3, 1967.
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"they said i might be raped if i entered the plant" - that says a lot about the culture at that workplace ..... and the culture in 1960s
Imagine how much talent was wasted by hindering women from doing their best.
People sound so calm back then. Today everyone is anxious and in a hurry
People always forget working class women always worked. Manufacturing jobs aren’t much different from the factory workers of the Victorian era when children also worked. Before that the whole family worked on the farm or family business. The idea of only the father working is a very middle to upper class thing.
How depressing this video is. Kudos to the women who persisted anyway.
This reminds me of the story of pharmacologist and physician, Frances Kelsey. She was accepted for graduate work under a notable researcher, on the basis of a letter she sent him at the behest of her advisor. The researcher failed to note the ‘e’ in Frances and hired her sight unseen, thinking she was male. Long story short, she was responsible for Thalidomide not being approved by the FDA for release on the US market, even though it already had been in other countries and despite the push from the company that produced it.
Felt sorry for her...she had the qualifications...
I had the same thing happen to me numerous times in the 80's when applying for teaching and coaching positions in high schools.
Thanks to all the women who wouldn't accept these limitations
Good grief, I'd be bored to death if I had to learn about table settings and holding forks all day. So glad I don't live in these times.
that young reporter did an amazing job asking all the hard issues questions. Not so shocking listening to their opinions...very 1960's...what is shocking is to hear them in today's society
The amount of men who make generalizations of women and who wish women were only housewives baffles me. I can't believe it.
I can’t imagine living in such a stifled world. So many brilliant brains that were wasted because it was in a female body
I worked in Australia in 1972. There were still pubs that did not allow women in the public bar. They had to go to the other area/lounge/snug whatever.
Thank you to all the women who fought for our rights
Woman can do miracles they are mothers they are doctors eginners professionals the manage the house they are wives we all know how difficult each work is and still she gracefully manages everything together
This just makes me feel sad
Its good to look back at how far we have come
It's like 1967 in the comment section. Most of the comments would be welcomed in a fundamentalist Muslim country, but are totally out of place in Australia in 2018. Some guys seem very threatened by equal rights and you wonder if that man's lack of ability makes them feel the need to put another person down.
This was a very interesting video, especially about the women not aspiring to go as high as the men. Of course, there were exceptions, but to hear the women in the video speak from their own observations or experience about this was eye-opening and made me reflect on what I want from myself. Do I also only seek job satisfaction, and not "the stars"? If so, is that wrong and should I be more ambitious?