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This Guide From The 1940s Told Male Bosses How To Deal With Women Employees
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This Guide From The 1940s Told Male Bosses How To Deal With Women Employees

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Human resources departments are essential to any company. They guide the office culture and employees on how they should conduct themselves – even the bosses. The blog Retronaut uncovered old supervisor manual, created by RCA in the 1940s meant to educate male bosses on how to integrate their new female co-workers into the workplace. World War II ignited a greater need for women to join the workforce, especially in factories. The manual titled ‘When You Supervise A Woman’ gives a window into how these working women in the 1940s were treated – and it may surprise you.

The #MeToo and #TimesUp movements forced a wave of change across industries, highlighting sexist practices and workplace sexual harassment that have been rampant for decades. Men have questioned how they will be able to ‘adjust’ to this new culture, of well, common decency. Maybe they can take a page from the past on how to treat your female subordinates. While the language of the manual is misogynistic some of these points are actually how any employee male or female should hope to be treated.

The 1940s saw a new kind of working woman. While women contributing to the workforce was not new, especially for minorities or lower-class women, for white-middle to high-class women there had always been a divide. Gender roles were not the only reason people balked at the idea of women working. The Depression caused such a high level of unemployment that women working was seen as stealing jobs from men.

World War II changed everything. Even before the United States joined the fight, the government had signed contracts to provide war equipment for the Allies. The war industry caused a job boom and positions needed to be filled by every able-bodied citizen – including women – but just as a temporary solution.

To encourage women to join the call to work they rolled out a propaganda campaign starring “Rosie the Riveter,” who spread the slogan “we can do it” to women across the nation. Slowly but surely they answered the call in a wave. Lower class women that were already working switched to higher-paying factory jobs, then those just graduating from high school and then eventually even married woman were targeted.

While some men didn’t want their wives working, the demand for workers became so high that even women with young children joined the working ranks. When the United States first entered World War II there were 12 million women already working and 18 million (one-third of the workforce) by the time it ended.

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Even with the war efforts, most women worked in traditionally “female jobs” such as positions in the service sector. The only work sector that saw a complete mixing of genders was in factories.

The working women of the war were a crucial part of the efforts, but it still did not change societies view of a woman’s role. Factory or service jobs were seen as acceptable temporary contributions, but after the war, it was made clear to women that they were to return back to the home. Jobs demoted women into lower-paying jobs, while others laid them off completely. Rosie the Riveter faded into the background and the 1950s homemaker took her place.

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Tahani
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is an awesome list!! I wish everyone could still benefit from it to this day... which at times is sadly lacking...

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Kururi.Orihara
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The thing that gets me is that this is specifically meant for women and most of these things are just plain decency. If this is the "special treatment" women were given, I feel bad for the men.

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Back then the "suck it up" mentality was rampant when anything happened to a man whether physically or emotionally. Don't get me wrong, I'm quite old school but back then it was just over the top.

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Kjorn
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yeah… if you change woman by men it's the same thing… treat employee correctly period

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María Hermida
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Apart from the sentence "women are teachable" , the rest is just common sense. I wish more employers nowadays followed these tips for everyone, men and women.

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diane a
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5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even that sentence isn't bad. Telling male managers that just because women have not done a job before they can learn the skills no different to men.

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W. 5
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was totally expecting something cringeworthy. What a surprise!

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Lingon
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's actually good advice, no matter what gender. I'm a boss and I do pretty much what it says. My employees like me and say I'm a good one to my boss.

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Ozacoter
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is a pity that this instructions come with the non spoken idea of 'because they are dumb and weak'. Like you need to make sure to explain the rules 'because women qrent as bright as us'. But reading it without the condescendient tone they are really good rules about how to treat your employees.

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BlackestDawn
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

While to a certain degree it can be read that way I'm sure most of these rules were ingrained when it came to hiring men. Unless you mean it was perfectly fine to not watch work-place hazards, leaving them to figure out their actual job with minimal instructions, never show appreciation, and so one around men.

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Reilly Beryll
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most of these are ways you should treat any worker, male or female.

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Jessica P
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is hilarious. I know all kinds of c**p is going on in the world today, but it still hasn't occurred to some businesses to just treat women like normal human beings.... these should be posted at more modern work sites.

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Ohio Hands
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sounds more like a manual for incompetent bosses, should be re-titled "How to handle employees: A Guide to treating them like humans"

blugeagua avatar
blugeagua
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Of course the only true problem with this pamphlet is the whole condescending idea of “women are teachable”. Basically saying that those women (strange creatures that they are) can be taught. It’s just like training a dog. Of course other than the horrible misogyny it comes with. If we just change the wording of the pamphlet for BOTH men and women then these could be of serious great use today.

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Nubmaeme
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even a late as the 70's this would have been some really good advice. I've worked in places where women were either new to the job or new to the staff. In one case, I was already working the job when two men were assigned. Both would sit back with their feet on the desks complaining how hard the work was when I was the only one doing it - and that's no exaggeration. The elder of the two would say things like 'my wife hasn't worked a day since our daughter was born. We even have a housekeeper so my wife can take care of our daughter'. The hardest thing they did was having to get their own coffee from the coffee pot which sat between their desks. I soon found a way out of that job and left it all to them. Our head boss even refused to assign anyone else there after I left so they would have to work.

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tarebear
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think the only part that got me was the "make sure cool clean drinking water is accessible" I know I read that same thing is a puppy guide once lol but for real if this was my everyday working environment I'd love it

tlilly avatar
Gracie Mae
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is the stuff that good debates are made of. I can see some people getting upset over the treatment, but that's how it was back then. We can't change how it was, but thankfully we've come a long way, baby!

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Sunzilla
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If they treated women this well, what the heck did the "poor" men have to go through??

10000707 avatar
Bored Phoenix
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Men nowadays need to take a good hard look at this at LEARN from it!

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Artahmiss
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was starting in college my american history professor stated that "women overseas ACTUALLY contributed to the war effort (WWII) whereas American women didn't, it made sense then to give European women the right to vote", the implication being that it didnt make sense to give American women the right to vote. It says a lot: betraying the ideology that somehow women are less deserving, even that women are not considered human if voting is considered a god given right. I have now learned that this is an absolute fallacy, women have always contributed. Their contributions have just been systematically denied, stolen, or erased.

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spinningBOX VR Studios
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought the list would be something ridiculous but those actually look like nice instructions on how to behave well to women in one's employ.

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Tony Moon
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Replace the word "Woman" with the word "Person" in most cases, and this list would be an ideal place to start labor relations. What if we just made this pamphlet the workperson's bill of rights? I would die for a company that treated me or my wife this way.

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Anna Repp
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I expected to read some sexist condescending text and instead I got some solid advice that modern day workplaces need to heed, whether they hire men or women!

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AzKahleesi
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I need to print this and give it to the director of my agency!

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Eliyahu Rooff
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The fact that they made this list for women in the workplace suggests that those things weren't being done for men. Common sense tells us that they're reasonable rules for dealing with all employees, male or female.

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Amaranthim Talon
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I find nothing wrong with this list and it is not in anyway condescending. What it should be seen as though is common sense for all employees across genders, races etc- EVERYONE should expect to be treated with respect and concern in any job they do.

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Akash GG
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you replace "women/woman" by human, it does sound like a wholesome management policy, actually. All employees actually need support by careful consideration of his/her objectives and constraints and proper work environment. But quite dated and patronising in its language...

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John Fowler
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Replace the word "woman" with "employee" everywhere you see it, and this is (mostly) an excellent employers' guide.

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Elaine Dodge
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This should be common practice everywhere but applied to everyone not just woman. It's basic good-manners and great on-boarding protocol!

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John Smith
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think I’m going to transpose these to a word document, erase the gender focus to be “When You Supervise a Human,” and simply replace all female nouns and pronouns with gender neutral ones, and then I’ll have one awesome management guide!! Thank you!! Why are these not posted in all management and supervisor offices?

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Nick Sady
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Half of it sounds like caring for a horse with the cool fresh water and frequent rests and feeds...

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María B. Kaiser
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Women are teachable"? This article sounds more like "Bosses are teachable" :D

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Just saying
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Doesn't this also reflect on how badly they were treating the male workers before the women rocked up?

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Tiffany Marie
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This was very sweet and good. I felt like for men its unfamiliar to work next to a woman, guide to understand. Treat her with respect like your mother. Lol

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Debbie Andersson
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In a time when sexism was a way bigger issue then today, they still treated people with more respect?? This all sounds just fine for someone unexperienced with the job, which the women just starting to do a lot of mens work would have been.

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ChiveChilly
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Actually, I think the vast majority of these are very good rules of thumb for every boss. The only part I don't think really suiting is the women counselor. Funny concept, tho

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Linouchka 99
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This list makes me wonder how bosses treated their MALE workers before ??!! If I was a male worker reading that list at that time, I would be pissed and ask "what about ME ?! Can't I be treated with that basic respect too ?"...

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Bluebell Rizzi
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This kind of made me a bit tearful. Why can't this be an unwritten law?

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Fonzie Bulldog
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Made me think that i was reading some instruction to a alien race.Weird world sometimes. astronaut-...b5fc31.jpg astronaut-woman1-5c8f939b5fc31.jpg

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The "women are patient", "women are careful" parts are why so much of the mega-industrial trucks etc are now driven primarily by women. They don't tend to be all rammy. Much more conscientious on the whole.

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Melissa Nunya
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes it's sexist now but at least it was teaching kind behavior. Better than some back then

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Anime nerd
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is 100% written by a guy. The section ‘Women are cooperative’ that made mad. Women are getting more open on how they feel. We are not properly, men’s toys, or cooperative. (Yes I am a feminist)

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anarkzie
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've no idea why that makes you mad, it could and should equally apply to men. It's actually good management to find out why your stuff member is performing badly, why they're missing work, help them to fit in and to understand what going on in their head. outside of the tone of it, which seems to come across like a user manual it's pretty much just good management skills.

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Niles
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yes it's true, i, as an employee, need my own litterbox with personalized nameplate and a fresh pine scent

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Dodger
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this is the problem with equality/feminism... one gender shouldnt be superior or better treated than the other; they should both be equal. even this 40s pamphlet suggests better working conditions for women than the men probably got. these should have been (and currectly should be) the working conditions for EVERYONE

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Tahani
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is an awesome list!! I wish everyone could still benefit from it to this day... which at times is sadly lacking...

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Kururi.Orihara
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The thing that gets me is that this is specifically meant for women and most of these things are just plain decency. If this is the "special treatment" women were given, I feel bad for the men.

captaindash avatar
Full Name
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Back then the "suck it up" mentality was rampant when anything happened to a man whether physically or emotionally. Don't get me wrong, I'm quite old school but back then it was just over the top.

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kjorn avatar
Kjorn
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yeah… if you change woman by men it's the same thing… treat employee correctly period

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María Hermida
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Apart from the sentence "women are teachable" , the rest is just common sense. I wish more employers nowadays followed these tips for everyone, men and women.

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diane a
Community Member
5 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even that sentence isn't bad. Telling male managers that just because women have not done a job before they can learn the skills no different to men.

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W. 5
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was totally expecting something cringeworthy. What a surprise!

jem3 avatar
Lingon
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's actually good advice, no matter what gender. I'm a boss and I do pretty much what it says. My employees like me and say I'm a good one to my boss.

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Ozacoter
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It is a pity that this instructions come with the non spoken idea of 'because they are dumb and weak'. Like you need to make sure to explain the rules 'because women qrent as bright as us'. But reading it without the condescendient tone they are really good rules about how to treat your employees.

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BlackestDawn
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

While to a certain degree it can be read that way I'm sure most of these rules were ingrained when it came to hiring men. Unless you mean it was perfectly fine to not watch work-place hazards, leaving them to figure out their actual job with minimal instructions, never show appreciation, and so one around men.

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hehart14 avatar
Reilly Beryll
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Most of these are ways you should treat any worker, male or female.

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Jessica P
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is hilarious. I know all kinds of c**p is going on in the world today, but it still hasn't occurred to some businesses to just treat women like normal human beings.... these should be posted at more modern work sites.

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Ohio Hands
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sounds more like a manual for incompetent bosses, should be re-titled "How to handle employees: A Guide to treating them like humans"

blugeagua avatar
blugeagua
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Of course the only true problem with this pamphlet is the whole condescending idea of “women are teachable”. Basically saying that those women (strange creatures that they are) can be taught. It’s just like training a dog. Of course other than the horrible misogyny it comes with. If we just change the wording of the pamphlet for BOTH men and women then these could be of serious great use today.

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Nubmaeme
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even a late as the 70's this would have been some really good advice. I've worked in places where women were either new to the job or new to the staff. In one case, I was already working the job when two men were assigned. Both would sit back with their feet on the desks complaining how hard the work was when I was the only one doing it - and that's no exaggeration. The elder of the two would say things like 'my wife hasn't worked a day since our daughter was born. We even have a housekeeper so my wife can take care of our daughter'. The hardest thing they did was having to get their own coffee from the coffee pot which sat between their desks. I soon found a way out of that job and left it all to them. Our head boss even refused to assign anyone else there after I left so they would have to work.

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tarebear
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think the only part that got me was the "make sure cool clean drinking water is accessible" I know I read that same thing is a puppy guide once lol but for real if this was my everyday working environment I'd love it

tlilly avatar
Gracie Mae
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is the stuff that good debates are made of. I can see some people getting upset over the treatment, but that's how it was back then. We can't change how it was, but thankfully we've come a long way, baby!

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Sunzilla
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If they treated women this well, what the heck did the "poor" men have to go through??

10000707 avatar
Bored Phoenix
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Men nowadays need to take a good hard look at this at LEARN from it!

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Artahmiss
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I was starting in college my american history professor stated that "women overseas ACTUALLY contributed to the war effort (WWII) whereas American women didn't, it made sense then to give European women the right to vote", the implication being that it didnt make sense to give American women the right to vote. It says a lot: betraying the ideology that somehow women are less deserving, even that women are not considered human if voting is considered a god given right. I have now learned that this is an absolute fallacy, women have always contributed. Their contributions have just been systematically denied, stolen, or erased.

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spinningBOX VR Studios
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I thought the list would be something ridiculous but those actually look like nice instructions on how to behave well to women in one's employ.

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Tony Moon
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Replace the word "Woman" with the word "Person" in most cases, and this list would be an ideal place to start labor relations. What if we just made this pamphlet the workperson's bill of rights? I would die for a company that treated me or my wife this way.

annarepp avatar
Anna Repp
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I expected to read some sexist condescending text and instead I got some solid advice that modern day workplaces need to heed, whether they hire men or women!

heathervance avatar
AzKahleesi
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I need to print this and give it to the director of my agency!

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Eliyahu Rooff
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The fact that they made this list for women in the workplace suggests that those things weren't being done for men. Common sense tells us that they're reasonable rules for dealing with all employees, male or female.

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Amaranthim Talon
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I find nothing wrong with this list and it is not in anyway condescending. What it should be seen as though is common sense for all employees across genders, races etc- EVERYONE should expect to be treated with respect and concern in any job they do.

akashgg avatar
Akash GG
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you replace "women/woman" by human, it does sound like a wholesome management policy, actually. All employees actually need support by careful consideration of his/her objectives and constraints and proper work environment. But quite dated and patronising in its language...

crsunblast avatar
John Fowler
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Replace the word "woman" with "employee" everywhere you see it, and this is (mostly) an excellent employers' guide.

edodgesa avatar
Elaine Dodge
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This should be common practice everywhere but applied to everyone not just woman. It's basic good-manners and great on-boarding protocol!

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John Smith
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I think I’m going to transpose these to a word document, erase the gender focus to be “When You Supervise a Human,” and simply replace all female nouns and pronouns with gender neutral ones, and then I’ll have one awesome management guide!! Thank you!! Why are these not posted in all management and supervisor offices?

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Nick Sady
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Half of it sounds like caring for a horse with the cool fresh water and frequent rests and feeds...

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María B. Kaiser
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Women are teachable"? This article sounds more like "Bosses are teachable" :D

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Just saying
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Doesn't this also reflect on how badly they were treating the male workers before the women rocked up?

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Tiffany Marie
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This was very sweet and good. I felt like for men its unfamiliar to work next to a woman, guide to understand. Treat her with respect like your mother. Lol

zinalu avatar
Debbie Andersson
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In a time when sexism was a way bigger issue then today, they still treated people with more respect?? This all sounds just fine for someone unexperienced with the job, which the women just starting to do a lot of mens work would have been.

alexacwei avatar
ChiveChilly
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Actually, I think the vast majority of these are very good rules of thumb for every boss. The only part I don't think really suiting is the women counselor. Funny concept, tho

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Linouchka 99
Community Member
5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This list makes me wonder how bosses treated their MALE workers before ??!! If I was a male worker reading that list at that time, I would be pissed and ask "what about ME ?! Can't I be treated with that basic respect too ?"...

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Bluebell Rizzi
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This kind of made me a bit tearful. Why can't this be an unwritten law?

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Fonzie Bulldog
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Made me think that i was reading some instruction to a alien race.Weird world sometimes. astronaut-...b5fc31.jpg astronaut-woman1-5c8f939b5fc31.jpg

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The "women are patient", "women are careful" parts are why so much of the mega-industrial trucks etc are now driven primarily by women. They don't tend to be all rammy. Much more conscientious on the whole.

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Melissa Nunya
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yes it's sexist now but at least it was teaching kind behavior. Better than some back then

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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is 100% written by a guy. The section ‘Women are cooperative’ that made mad. Women are getting more open on how they feel. We are not properly, men’s toys, or cooperative. (Yes I am a feminist)

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anarkzie
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I've no idea why that makes you mad, it could and should equally apply to men. It's actually good management to find out why your stuff member is performing badly, why they're missing work, help them to fit in and to understand what going on in their head. outside of the tone of it, which seems to come across like a user manual it's pretty much just good management skills.

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Niles
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

yes it's true, i, as an employee, need my own litterbox with personalized nameplate and a fresh pine scent

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this is the problem with equality/feminism... one gender shouldnt be superior or better treated than the other; they should both be equal. even this 40s pamphlet suggests better working conditions for women than the men probably got. these should have been (and currectly should be) the working conditions for EVERYONE

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