I think we have a long way to go… not to mention that in Argentina you need papers to prove everything you know, regardless of whether you have something between your ears or not.

PS: has anyone spotted/mentioned the spelling mistake in the sign? That is also frightening in my opinion!

In the States offering a roommate situation is completely different than offering a job. I mean you can also place personal ads for whoever you want. We also have separate bathrooms, which I also think is sexist in my favor cause there is ALWAYS a longer line for the womens bathroom. But that’s for another post…

What I’m saying is that what we don’t do in the States is say “WANTED FOR CEO: MAN” That’s considered sexist. And if someone sues you for it you can’t say “Hey, but we were going to hire a guy anyways, why not just say so. We didn’t want all those women to waste their time.” Yes, it happens all the time but it’s still illegal. As a country, we in the USA also like bartenders with large breasts and short tops. But you can also sue if you can prove that you are being discriminated against for your gender, breast size, whatever. The only difference really is that I don’t think we’re open about it in the way that I’ve seen here.

But really, do you think that sign is sexist? Can you sue here if you’re being discriminated against? Do you think that it’s good to have a culture that’s openly sexist? If you’re going to be sexist is it better to be open or closed about it? What do you think, Diva?

hmm… i’m confused… Diva, do you think it’s sexist or not?

For me I think it’s interesting how the different cultures address the sexism (as well as the sexism of other cultures). So to me it’s really shocking that employers here often ask applicants to send photos of the applicant on their resumé/CV. I definately think there’s a lot of sexism in the States though we’re not as open about it. I think that it’s the openness that’s schocking to me.

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Thanks for the insight on perspective. I think I reacted really similarly when I first came to Latin America. While the fact remains that my native culture is different from the one here, my perspective has changed over time. I think that that’s a big difference between traveling and living, being “away” versus “at home”. The travel experience involves tasting the culture as you go along. A large part of the expat experience is having to actually confront the culture on its own terms.

Today in the Carrefour there were 28 checkout counters open. 27 of them were “manned” by women. At my work there are 20odd graphic designers, 2 of which are guys. However, 100% of the 8 or so programmers are guys. This isn’t because of any discrimination per se. It’s just like what you write: the culture has certain expectations of who works where. There are just simply more girls doing design than guys.

I’m not judging the culture and I’m open about
my appreciation of women in service roles. but I do think that having expectations about who should work where based on gender is the very definition of sexist. In the USA we see this as something bad, a problem that should be solved. Girls should be more encouraged to study math in school, etc.