[speaker001:] and women's place in the workplace huh uh to quote my father a woman's place is in the stove I have to disagree my wife works say what what do you do
[speaker002:] oh I disagree I disagree yeah so do I so do I um I'm a lab tech
[speaker001:] are you
[speaker002:] yep
[speaker001:] well I guess as far as roles in the workplace they've uh they've made some you know pretty serious uh ground in the last thirty forty years
[speaker002:] that right they've generally increased considerably
[speaker001:] uh my sister is a she's a medical professional
[speaker002:] oh really
[speaker001:] and you know she says that in in in order to get paid the same as a man you have to do twice the work
[speaker002:] yeah see I can
[speaker001:] but fortunately it's not that tough
[speaker002:] well yeah that I can see that I can see that I I I do think that uh um higher positions like administrative more often go to the man than they do the woman
[speaker001:] yeah yeah I I'll grant you that
[speaker002:] but hopefully that'll change soon
[speaker001:] well it hasn't been true of any of my companies
[speaker002:] oh really
[speaker001:] yeah because the only women that I hire are ones that are capable
[speaker002:] right
[speaker001:] if they're capable they can do anything they wanna do
[speaker002:] right well I work for a private laboratory and and when it's a small company you see where you're you're kind of overstepped because you are a woman and but I think uh it I think it's starting to change
[speaker001:] yeah yeah well I hope so I really do
[speaker002:] yes I do too considering I am a woman
[speaker001:] yeah well for your sake sure but uh I think that as long as
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] the uh American society is inundated as it is by the commercial market you know the
[speaker002:] right
[speaker001:] television's commercials in particular uh progress is gonna be rather rapid but shaping role models is gonna be a problem
[speaker002:] right um-hum
[speaker001:] because you know they don't wanna rock the boat with anybody
[speaker002:] right right
[speaker001:] and you know I don't know how you perceive life but I know that people are prejudiced and they bigoted and they carry their their convictions all the way to the bone no matter what they say
[speaker002:] right right right
[speaker001:] and uh you know I'm the first one well I flunked the the MCP test big time
[speaker002:] oh really
[speaker001:] you know what that is
[speaker002:] no huh-uh
[speaker001:] oh a man and his son were driving along the road in a convertible and they have a car wreck and the the father's killed and the boy is rushed to the emergency room and the doctor walks in looks down says I can't operate on him that's my son
[speaker002:] all right the that was his mother
[speaker001:] all right you passed
[speaker002:] oh
[speaker001:] believe me it's not that easy for a lot of men to understand that
[speaker002:] I yeah I can yeah I can see that I can see that
[speaker001:] yeah and I have a woman doctor yeah
[speaker002:] oh really isn't that strange I have a man doctor
[speaker001:] really well actually we go to Doctor Garcia's office we started going with him soon as he got done with his residency
[speaker002:] uh-huh
[speaker001:] he was a guy at the emergency room when we went there and then when he got his office well we just you know stayed with him and he's hired this other lady and uh my sister says that she's a better doctor
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] I don't know you know I see doctor once every six months you know but uh
[speaker002:] well that's what that I think that's one place that you know the roles of women are changing you don't see um uh you well you see a lot more women in medical profession higher up as in doctors and everything I know several that are are pathologists and forensic pathologists and
[speaker001:] yeah
[speaker002:] you know used to you didn't see that or hear of it at all
[speaker001:] yeah well getting into medical school is no no mean trick either
[speaker002:] right that's true that's true
[speaker001:] but uh as far as a you know the the the role of women in the workplace I think Texas has come remarkably far considering considering the the high density of rednecks that there are around
[speaker002:] oh yeah isn't that true isn't that true
[speaker001:] I'm a I'm a transplant I'm you know we came from out of state
[speaker002:] uh so did I
[speaker001:] when I was very young but it was too late I was already formed
[speaker002:] oh I came as an adult here
[speaker001:] yeah well you know I was like uh I guess ten or eleven yeah
[speaker002:] yeah
[speaker001:] and we came from uh a family that was my mother is strong to say the least
[speaker002:] did she work
[speaker001:] um no not outside the home
[speaker002:] hm
[speaker001:] no she was a she went to college and you know correspondence courses and whatnot but my parents were in my dad was in the Air Force
[speaker002:] uh-huh uh-huh
[speaker001:] and all the time that uh you know he was in the Air Force well she's never had to work
[speaker002:] right
[speaker001:] you know he always provided the the financial support but she has worked uh therapeutically you know she something to do
[speaker002:] um-hum right
[speaker001:] I mean raising children