Klarinet Archive - Posting 000228.txt from 1999/02

From: DHmorgan@-----.com
Subj: Re: [kl] Women and orchestras - German version
Date: Fri, 5 Feb 1999 18:50:51 -0500

In a message dated 2/5/99 2:55:01 PM Pacific Standard Time, chr@-----.de writes:

<< The other committee members agreed with my
assessment, but one of the personnel people wondered outloud whether this
female candidate (who was 25 at the time) would be wanting to have
children soon, and what a disruption for maternity leave, blah, blah,
blah. I mentioned that the legal ramifications of such musings could be
quite negative for the city, which shut him right up. The female
candidate got the job. >>

Thanks, Don, for the interesting story. It's always inspiring to see fairness
get the upper hand!

This is precisely why de jure prohibitions against discrimination have won so
much favor. I'm trying to imagine would have happened several hundred years
ago if our colonial ancestors were having a meeting and someone said, "Hey,
let's enslave black people," and someone like Don had been able to say, "Are
you kidding? That's morally wrong! And besides, we'll be sued blind!"
Everyone would have nodded their heads sagely--fearing the lawsuits, of
course--and come up with a better idea. :-)

Truly,
Don

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