In a previous article I mentioned the story of my mother, who upon marriage was given the gift of unemployment. Why? Because she was a woman and no longer needed to work, as it was now her husband’s responsibility. Discrimination? No, not in 1962. Today it would be discrimination based on marital status. Discrimination in […]
Is it okay for an employer to fire an employee because He finds HER so attractive that he is concerned he may have an affair with her? An American court in Iowa says yes it is! Dental nurse, Melissa Nelson was fired by her boss, James Knight because he found her attractive and feared that[…..]
In 1960 my mum was 20, single and a primary school teacher at a small semi-rural school in WA. Three years later she got married and when that momentus event occurred the education department gave her the wedding gift of unemployment because she was now Mrs Sala Tenna and financially the responsibility of Mr Sala[…..]
Before I was a mum the whole idea of breastfeeding, did to be honest, gross me out a bit. Then I had a baby and I wanted the best for him, health wise and so I breast fed him for a year. It didn’t gross me out any more and of course felt very natural[…..]