Monday, March 10, 2008

The war on the female gender

My best friend was just hired as a waitress at a really nice restaurant in Harrisburg. For those unfamiliar with Harrisburg, they have a section of the city call restaurant row. It's a collection of very nice bars and restaurants that are always packed every night of the week. So to work there is kind of a big deal and it has a HUGE mid 20's early 30's crowd. A.k.a. drunken douche bags. So of course, as with most restaurants these days, they hire on looks more than ability. Well my friend is pretty good looking and is well endowed if you get my meaning, and she's a fantastic waitress so getting hired was't that hard.

But once there she realized what kind of a hell it is. She's been offended several times by the cook staff and she's been there less than a week. And she can't tell the owner because he's already given her shit for wearing pants that he feels are "too loose."

This is rediculous. It's so sad that we as a society still have these kinds of things going on, even after all the progess women have made. When will we stop exploiting woman and start respecting them as the equals they are?

People don't see a problem today because it's the social norm. Woman are supposed to be skinny, wear as little clothing as possible and not speak up. But why? Why does how tight your pants are have anything to do with how well you serve tables? Women deserve more respect than that.

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