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Dragon of Life ([personal profile] dragonoflife) wrote2007-05-04 12:12 pm
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Today I was the victim of gender discrimination at work.

As pretty much everyone who knows me should know, I have long hair. And Oh Em Gee I am a *guy.*

Now the hospital dress code technically requires that hair longer than the collar must be worn back. Many of the nurses and other employees flout this rule constantly, and observing them getting away with it, I did the same, in expectation of... well, exactly what happened.

True to expectations, of all the people here who ignore the rule, who do the higher-ups in the administration inform my director to talk to about?

Everyone spread the word: UPMC Shadyside discriminates againts its employees based on gender.

It may be trivial, but it isn't a joke.

[identity profile] cedel.livejournal.com 2007-05-05 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
I've heard of women who have a thing for straight guys in drag, but I've never seen anyone admit to it before...

[identity profile] tigerphoenix.livejournal.com 2007-05-05 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I'm not sure a pretty barrette is necessarily drag, but...

Can't have Dragon without 'drag'!

[identity profile] tigerphoenix.livejournal.com 2007-05-05 03:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, you're the one who coined that phrase, I'm laying it entirely at your feet.

[identity profile] cedel.livejournal.com 2007-05-07 03:40 am (UTC)(link)
I have an image in my head of you being forced to wear women's clothing against your personal preferences. It involves you covered in bad makeup looking miserable. I whimper in commiseration.

Of course, for all I know, you would prefer to dress in drag. In that case, you wouldn't be miserable, and would warrant no empathetic whimpering.