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RE: Women's lot in the world is improving - slowly
Hi @scalextrix, you really did inspire me to dig deeper (hey, it's the holidays, nobody's reading Steemit and I could have phoned it in).
And yes, equality is about all of us working together. I'm a woman engineer working in a man's world and what I've seen over the last 30 years is the best champions of women in engineering are men in engineering. Women are good too, but men with the power to make a difference see the benefits and fight for the change.
I was also surprised to see the UK as orange. Need to read the report in detail to understand that.
Thanks for your terrific words of support - they mean a lot.
Its what I believe so no need for thanks, but I appreciate the sentiment. Glad you have had good support from colleagues, to me its all about merit, if you are the best person for the job, then you should have it.
I saw that they are making a TV sequel to the film Das Boot, they are trying to wedge in some female characters back on dry land, which seems a bit weird to be honest. If we want a film about the desparation of war, we already have Das Boot, if we want a film about womens role in war, lets make a film about that, not wedge them in as a quota. Maybe it will be alright, but it seems a little odd to me: https://www.dw.com/en/19378609/a-46426262
I agree with you, @scalextrix. I liked how the British Legion incorporated women into their poppy campaign this year - they selected individual women who served and lost their lives in WW1 and shared their names and a few details about them as part of a poppy jewellery offering. I bought one of those special edition brooches and ended up researching the young woman's life story. This was a real person who gave real service and nobody had to invent her role in a submarine.
Oh, and by the way, the good support I had was balanced out by idiots and jealous jerks who did everything they could to block my way. Was a good reminder to always be better than everyone else around me.