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07-10-2008, 14:32
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| Monkey Mouse   |  Atlanta to Be Stripped of 'Men at Work' Signs After Complaints of Bias Signs in Atlanta will no longer warn passersby of men at work. Women aren't hearing of it, since they're at work, too. And the city listened. Women's magazine editor Cynthia Good asked that all the "Men at Work" or "Men Working Ahead" road signs be taken down, and Public Works Commissioner Joe Basista complied, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Good, 48, who edits the women's magazine PINK, isn't stopping with Atlanta, though. She's going nationwide with her crusade. "We're calling on the rest of the nation to follow suit and make a statement that we will not accept these subtle forms of discrimination," she told the paper. The signs were everywhere and would often be posted where women were working alongside the men. So Atlanta's Public Works employees will replace 50 "Men at Work" signs with those that say simply "Workers Ahead," according to the Journal-Constitution. It will cost $22 to cover over some of the existing signs and $144 to purchase new ones. Some female Public Works employees complained about the male-focused signage years ago, according to city union leader Gina Pagnotta. "It is a little bit biased to say 'Men Working,' " she told the paper. "Women are working, too." The Source
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07-11-2008, 01:00
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| NCO   |  Re: Atlanta to Be Stripped of 'Men at Work' Signs After Complaints of Bias Quote:
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07-11-2008, 11:56
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| NCO   | Re: Atlanta to Be Stripped of 'Men at Work' Signs After Complaints of Bias Cynthia Good needs to get a grip and get a life. What's next? Change manhole to personhole?!
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07-11-2008, 12:21
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| Crew Dawg   |  Re: Atlanta to Be Stripped of 'Men at Work' Signs After Complaints of Bias Cynthia Good then needs to cough up the dough to pay for making the new signs... and Public Works Commissioner Basista need to get fired - immediately. He gets Wimp of the Year award... consisting of a thimble filled with wet noodles.
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07-11-2008, 12:56
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| Monkey Mouse | Re: Atlanta to Be Stripped of 'Men at Work' Signs After Complaints of Bias The whole thing is silly. I bet if they put it to a vote, that the majority of people wouldn't see anything wrong with the old signs.
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