Totally.

To point out that women and men in general have different interests and therefore the overrepresentation of men in some categories of work and women in others are inevitable is Not sexist.

But men like him, and in these comments, would say that such an act isn’t emotional. They position themselves as the arbiters of what is or isn’t emotional. That’s why you see so many people here dismissing what others are writing, because they and they alone are the emotionless robots meant to lead this new world,…

Cordelia Fine, Ph.D., a research psychologist and neuroscientist, does not deny sex differences. She points out people make too much of them while denying the many and varied social, “nurture”-based influences on how these differences form and are treated. There are lots of potential grab quotes. This seems pertinent:

“Women can’t do math” is not an “alternative viewpoint.” This isn’t “if you lower taxes, more jobs will be created.” It isn’t even “women and men have some differences.” This is “I dislike efforts to expand opportunities for women because of these bullshit rigid gender stereotypes.”

Sexism is not a valid political…

Oh wow...a Brietbart link!

He claimed that women can’t code due to biololgy. That is refuted by history.

With that “women experience more anxiety” thing I feel like part of that should be reworded to “more women talk about their anxiety and seek help.” Men also experience crap tons of anxiety/depressions and what not- but for cultural reasons keep there mouths shut. Some men see this as conclusive evidence that men are…

Yeah..I mean, if you write a novella, possibly on company time, that puts you ability to work with others into question, and then circulate it on a company network to your coworkers instead of discussing your concerns with HR..well, that has a consequence.

I think the suggestion that women are more emotional and can’t handle high stress jobs is sort of rich coming from a person that wrote a 10-PAGE MANIFESTO about HR.

It’s not “entitlement” to say, “I paid your company for this product/service. My time and inconvenience are worth something to me. Your company has not yet offered compensation equal in value to my time and inconvenience.”

What’s no way to run a business? To spend a few extra dollars to avoid HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS in bad publicity? Actually, that sounds like a fucking *great* way to run a business. Airlines like JetBlue and Southwest exploded in popularity because they actually give a shit about their customers.

Eh, shit happens...

The problem here is that people have become entitled.

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No, the bigger question is why didn’t United plan their employee scheduling better to avoid this situation entirely.

I’m guessing that this might cause a slight change in the “authority” of airline personnel to be able to offer more money to volunteers. There’s stories out there of JetBlue officials just continuously offering more money until someone accepts (I think that the person said that there were takers at $2,000).

Actually, judging by the $800,000,000 drop in market value of the company, they *do* have an incentive to keep upping the payout to ensure that it’s 100% voluntary.

That lady looks like she weighs about 100 pounds.

Why would they not have mechanics at an airport? Don’t they need them on hand anyway, given that, you know, they have airplanes there that need maintenance before they take to the skies with hundreds of lives on board?