| Title: | ARCHIVE-- Topics of Interest to Women, Volume 1 --ARCHIVE |
| Notice: | V1 is closed. TURRIS::WOMANNOTES-V5 is open. |
| Moderator: | REGENT::BROOMHEAD |
| Created: | Thu Jan 30 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 30 1995 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 873 |
| Total number of notes: | 22329 |
The following ad was placed in a conference I moderate:-
*** FOR SALE ***
VW POLO L, 1980
Burgundy, four very good tyres, recent engine tune, lady
owner, reliable car, long MOT, �1300.
Is it sexist, if so what should I do as a moderator?
Dave.
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 255.1 | SSVAX::LAVOIE | Fri Mar 27 1987 10:14 | 12 | ||
Alot of people ask now when they buy a car if the owner was male
of female because they consider a female to drive harder on a car
than a man driver.
Also they tend to take a little better TLC in some (not all cases)
to their car.
Not sexist just conclusionary on the part of the purchaser.
Sunshine
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| 255.2 | Opposite meaning? | EDSVAX::POND | Fri Mar 27 1987 10:34 | 12 | |
RE: .1 - I think the writer of the add has the opposite in mind.
The writer seems to be under the impression that women take better
care of their cars or perhaps drive less recklessly than men. Hence,
a car owned by a "lady" presents some benefits. Otherwise, why would
the writer mention it when trying to sell the car?
As to the nature of the add - whatever the present owner considers
a positive feature of the car should be listed in the add. Clearly,
"lady owner" conveys an ambigious message. Let the seller live
with that.
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| 255.4 | So what? | GOOGLY::KERRELL | clockwork noter | Wed Apr 01 1987 12:46 | 8 |
re .3:
> This makes HOW many conferences you've posted this article in ?
Just this conference and Mennotes.
What's your problem?
Dave.
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| 255.5 | Deja vu! | GENRAL::FRASHER | An opinion for any occasion | Wed Apr 08 1987 00:02 | 7 |
I forgot what conference I was in and assumed that all of the replies
had gotten wiped out. Awesome. Strange is facter than fiction. %-)
I'll repeat what I said over there, its such a minor point, I think
it doesn't matter.
Spence
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