The role of gender and words...

[fozy tornip]

My daughter was complaining that she wanted to grow up to be a reactionary pub bore, but felt denied the opportunity by her gender. I said that serving drinks to reactionary pub bores while showing a bit of cleavage was a necessary and noble calling, and the sooner she made peace with her lot the happier her life would be.

 

[mudsticks]

Farmer?
The farmer wants a wife, and mudders is a Land Girl, surely?

Sometimes I think a farm-wife would be nice .

Don't they traditionally, do all the paperwork, and then knock up a batch of warm scones whilst sporting a floury pinny, and rosy apple cheeks??

Sounds kinda appealing

 

[swansonj]

Sometimes I think a farm-wife would be nice .

Don't they traditionally, do all the paperwork, and then knock up a batch of warm scones whilst sporting a floury pinny, and rosy apple cheeks??

Sounds kinda appealing

But don't they then throw those scones at owners of posh restaurants and get arrested for it? Or was that a flapjack...

 

[mudsticks]

But don't they then throw those scones at owners of posh restaurants and get arrested for it? Or was that a flapjack...

I missed that but I'm sure twas well deserved .

Although perhaps a waste of good baked goods..

 

[BoldonLad]

Nope. A Charge Nurse is a senior Nurse (in charge of other Nurses you see).
But gender assumption is endemic in those professions.

As illustrated by:-


View: https://twitter.com/manwhohasitall/status/1117731440194727937?s=20


and indeed:-


View: https://twitter.com/manwhohasitall/status/1462861438419030016?s=20

and (worth clicking on this one to see more replies from Kate who has genuinely been asked these questions)


View: https://twitter.com/revkatebottley/status/1203979178258915328?s=20

Isn’t (or wasn’t) Charge Nurse the male version of Staff Nurse?

Bit out of touch with Nursing job titles now. Have a nephew who is (I feel sure) a Staff Nurse, and daughter No1 is a Senior Nurse Practioner, but, the “in house” (staff) Nurse (Ms @BoldonLad) has been retired for 14+ years now

 

[fozy tornip]

No.
Staff nurse: male or female.
Charge nurse: male or female.
Charge nurses the bosses of staff nurses, though staff nurses - qualified is all it means - sometimes in charge of the ward, say, when Charge nurse absent on hols or leave or whatever.

 

[Deleted member 28]

No.
Staff nurse: male or female.
Charge nurse: male or female.
Charge nurses the bosses of staff nurses, though staff nurses - qualified is all it means - sometimes in charge of the ward, say, when Charge nurse absent on hols or leave or whatever.

You're correct, Band 7 Nurses (Sister) is the equivalent of a Charge Nurse.
My mistake.

 

[Deleted member 28]

Nope. A Charge Nurse is a senior Nurse (in charge of other Nurses you see).
But gender assumption is endemic in those professions.

As illustrated by:-


View: https://twitter.com/manwhohasitall/status/1117731440194727937?s=20


and indeed:-


View: https://twitter.com/manwhohasitall/status/1462861438419030016?s=20

and (worth clicking on this one to see more replies from Kate who has genuinely been asked these questions)


View: https://twitter.com/revkatebottley/status/1203979178258915328?s=20

My mistake, Sister is the Equivalent to a Charge Nurse (as you point out).

 

[BoldonLad]

No.
Staff nurse: male or female.
Charge nurse: male or female.
Charge nurses the bosses of staff nurses, though staff nurses - qualified is all it means - sometimes in charge of the ward, say, when Charge nurse absent on hols or leave or whatever.

Every day is a school day

 

[theclaud]

I think it is my post you are referring to. My point was (obviously not well made) that extremists and/or zealots from either camp, appear pretty similar to those in the centre.

View: https://twitter.com/jelly_pack/status/1471111182446735366?t=z6-pq0tU7CU35YWGwGI_pA&s=19

 

[farfromtheland]

A quote from the tweet would be good, please? I'm not on twitter and it takes ages for my old computer to jump through its hoops.

 

[Ian H]

A quote from the tweet would be good, please? I'm not on twitter and it takes ages for my old computer to jump through its hoops.

Here you go: "it's called horseshoe theory because it's the sort of thing you believe if you have been kicked in the head by a horse"
(from theclaud's post above yours).

 

[farfromtheland]

Thanks - not sure if I've got the full context, however.

In my experience there is as much limited thinking in the centre of politics as towards the extremes - it's that that allows manipulative extremes to get credence.

 

[winjim]

@mudsticks


View: https://twitter.com/howemill/status/1473917769615921152?t=ROnSoUk5CpqCbMSBvotJJw&s=19

 

[mudsticks]

@mudsticks


View: https://twitter.com/howemill/status/1473917769615921152?t=ROnSoUk5CpqCbMSBvotJJw&s=19

'Lady' farmers...

Sounds a bit unethical doesn't it ??

I've been cited as an 'inspiration' to other wimmin landworkers..

Crivens - a bit scarey

When I was at ag college there were two whole women in a class of thirty two .

Things are changing now, esp in in the regenerative field, but it's been a slow old process.

And there's still a fair way to go..