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Subject:Re: A Preponderance of Females From:Nancy Hayes <nancyh -at- PMAFIRE -dot- INEL -dot- GOV> Date:Tue, 16 Apr 1996 22:44:45 GMT
In article <9604111537 -dot- AA8273 -at- CServe-Hub3 -dot- inhouse -dot- compuserve -dot- com>,
>it or not (and I don't), men give a field/position more credibility and a
>higher pay scale. How often do you men TWers get accused of just
>making the manuals "look pretty?"
All the time. Or people get upset because "No one from admin is going to
tell me what to do." And so on.
OTOH, there are more male tech writers than female techwriters in my
group: 10 to 1 for the writers and 1 to 1 for the editors (although I do
most of the editing). How's that for screwing up the stats.
Nancy Lynn Hayes (nancyh -at- pmafire -dot- inel -dot- gov) Carpe Diem
Seize the Day!
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