Posted on 03/05/2021 8:22:32 AM PST by TigerClaws
CARMEL, Ind — “'Men working' signs are a problem,” Blair Babione told the Carmel City Council Monday night.
Blair, 11, and her 9-year old sister, Brienne, came to the meeting after an invitation from council president Sue Finkam.
The girls had recently sent letters to Finkam about “men working” signs they had noticed recently in their neighborhood.
‘Why is this sign here? Why does it say, ‘men working’ when we’ve seen plenty of women doing construction?’” they asked.
Leslie, the girls’ mom, said her daughters wanted to know. When she couldn’t give them an answer, they decided to research it.
“We got on the computer and found how it was not supposed to be here anymore, and we went from there,” Blair said.
“We looked and found this has been against federal law since 1988,” Leslie said. “I was a kid when this law came about and now, here I am, a mom of kids and these signs are still here.”
Blair and Brienne decided to do something about it, sending letters to their local lawmakers.
“Women can do anything, and it’s not right to have it just say ‘men,’” Brienne said.
“When little girls see them, they might think, ‘oh, I can’t be a construction worker, but I want to,’ and seeing a little girl feel like that makes me sad,” Blair told the council.
“You may be thinking ‘well, I don’t really care,’” Brienne said. “But a little girl might want to do construction, and she will see the sign and think, ‘I can’t do construction because the sign says ‘men.’’”
“We felt like if we didn’t change it, nothing would happen,” Blair said.
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What’s embarrasing is I live in a town right next to this one.
The answer is real simple. Educate the girls in literary works like the Bible. very often, the word “man” or “men” very often refers to the general population of (hu)man, the human race. What the sign meant is (Hu)Men Working. Sure, there might be (Wo)men there also, but in the general sense, they are mankind, of the human race. Currently prevalently masculine beings, yes, but all are “Men.”
Thank you! Wish someone would explain this to the gender-neutral-obsessed counterfeit “bible” copyrighters we’re cursed with today. And to my lovely middle daughter, who doesn’t get it either. And to the poor ignorant Mom of these two deluded girls.
Never read Genesis 1:27, apparently. Welcome to Laodicea. Ugh.
How does “Animates Working” work for ya, sistahs?
How about those drug free zone signs, kids? How many classmates are being treated with behavior modification pharmaceuticals? Where’s your outrage? Where’s your banner? Take it to the next level. Establish your authority!
“Women can do anything.” Prove it.
In a perfect world these kids would have been taken away before these parents totally ruin their minds and rob them of a normal life........poor kids
You don't lead by fixating on minutia and demanding the government solve your problems.
The girls who will grow up to be successful leaders are learning important things, not self-esteem and gender whinging.
Anyone who says a single word should be immediately arrested and imprisoned.
Yup. And then let's get busy with cleaning up thinking!
Or outdoors at a Phoenix job site in July at 3pm.
HAHAH! Jordan Peterson says pretty much the same thing when talking about how this limits the people in third world countries that are trying to rise up to the first world level.
Fine. Make new signs and bill Blair and Brienne’s parents directly for the costs.
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And what if some of the workers are transgender or otherwise men who identify as women, or women who identify as men?
CAUTION: Transgender men who identify as women, or transgender women who identify as men, as well as traditional men and women working next 2.5 miles
Oh pleaze, as if we don’t have more important matters to address............
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