Thursday, July 10, 2008

Insert Gender At Work

Across Atlanta they stood, orange signs with black letters that read "Men At Work" or "Men Working Ahead."

Sometimes, the signs stood next to women working alongside the men.
Good demanded Atlanta officials remove the signs and last week, Atlanta Public Works Commissioner Joe Basista agreed.

Score one for gender equality, Good said Wednesday.

"They get it," Good said about the city in a telephone interview.

Public Works officials are replacing 50 "Men Working" with signs that say "Workers Ahead." It will cost $22 to cover over some of the old signs and $144 to buy new signs, said Public Works spokeswoman Valerie Bell-Smith said.

http://www.ajc.com/gwinnett/content/metro/atlanta/stories/2008/07/09/men_working_signs_atlanta.html

Appparently, this is not a joke. Way to go cunt. Noble fight! Also... The Spanish signs all over town that I can't read... thats kind of offensive to me. Of course, I say that... and I'm automatically labeled a racist.

Terrible. Terrible. Terrible idea.

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