It’s truly a great sign of the progress that our society has made in recent generations that someone like ‘David F’ cannot imagine a day when women in the workplace was a rare occurrence.
just in case, women were not allowed to work in the civil service until the repeal of this act in 1973.
gertrude
that is to say: women that were married were not allowed to work in the civil service until the repeal of this act in 1973.
Don Pidgeoni
I suspect civil service jobs would have gone to a particular class of woman whereas working class woman worked in a range of formal and informal jobs, married or not, often out of financial necessity.
andyourpointiswhatexactly
Brendan O’Carroll’s Mum was instrumental in bringing about that legislation, apparently.
cormacjones
I’d say David F is already regretting posting this nonsense.
chompleton
I for one welcome our massively forheaded overlords.
Holden MaGroin
Aww, I haven’t seen one of these in ages.
Caroline
Oh I remember the granny well, the nosey b*tch handed me an illegible beermat one day when I was 8 months pregnant and trying my best to enjoy a gruesome Erdinger Alkoholfrei.
ahyeah
Don’t you worry, she’ll get it.
only when
I had 2 cats that worked there…gone @ 6 in the morn,…& never back till at least 10 @ night..never heard 1 complaint
DD
Don’t tell me, their role was to piss in the budweiser kegs?
I’m confused. It’s not an uncommon feeling I get.. but let me see..
Is David baffled at women in the workplace and if so why? (No one is that blatantly misogynistic, surely)
Or is he baffled by the caption on the Guinness poster.
Or if he trying to be facetious? In that case I think he’s clearly invoked Poe’s Law here.
Or is David just baffled a lot in general.
Baffling David. Now I’m baffled, thanks.
AddieTV
OH can we put a stop to these ridiculous posts please?
Post: Look! Something note quiet PC that shows I’m eagle eyed, full of poo
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Don Pidgeoni
Except that’s not what had happened, the note quiet PC stuff
Hellvetica
Everyone knows Grannies are Guinness’s secret ingredient right?
George
Bigger issue would be the hypocrisy of this advert when Diageo have been downsizing massively due to increased mechanisation of the brewing process.
what about the nepotism?
Keep it in the family.
Only way to get into Guinness was to be an ex-member of the British military.
nope. my grandfather worked for them. never in the military in his life
Mine too
It’s truly a great sign of the progress that our society has made in recent generations that someone like ‘David F’ cannot imagine a day when women in the workplace was a rare occurrence.
Middle and upper class women in the workforce were reasonably rare. Shedloads of working class women had jobs though, especially before they had kids.
+ 1
That’s really a myth.
Women have always been in the work force, particularly during war times.
Granted, they weren’t paid as much.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMCOzuE1Lvo
Still aren’t!
David F seems baffled by the idea of concept and narrative.
I’m baffled why broadsheet would post this moany self-righteous crap.. how many women does this idiot think were in the workforce in the 1930’s ??
Generally, it was middle class or upper class women who didn’t work. Working class women tended to work in some capacity.
You got there ahead of me!
*women’s history high-five*
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1973/en/act/pub/0017/print.html#sec2
just in case, women were not allowed to work in the civil service until the repeal of this act in 1973.
that is to say: women that were married were not allowed to work in the civil service until the repeal of this act in 1973.
I suspect civil service jobs would have gone to a particular class of woman whereas working class woman worked in a range of formal and informal jobs, married or not, often out of financial necessity.
Brendan O’Carroll’s Mum was instrumental in bringing about that legislation, apparently.
I’d say David F is already regretting posting this nonsense.
I for one welcome our massively forheaded overlords.
Aww, I haven’t seen one of these in ages.
Oh I remember the granny well, the nosey b*tch handed me an illegible beermat one day when I was 8 months pregnant and trying my best to enjoy a gruesome Erdinger Alkoholfrei.
Don’t you worry, she’ll get it.
I had 2 cats that worked there…gone @ 6 in the morn,…& never back till at least 10 @ night..never heard 1 complaint
Don’t tell me, their role was to piss in the budweiser kegs?
Tipsy and Smashy was it ?
I’m confused. It’s not an uncommon feeling I get.. but let me see..
Is David baffled at women in the workplace and if so why? (No one is that blatantly misogynistic, surely)
Or is he baffled by the caption on the Guinness poster.
Or if he trying to be facetious? In that case I think he’s clearly invoked Poe’s Law here.
Or is David just baffled a lot in general.
Baffling David. Now I’m baffled, thanks.
OH can we put a stop to these ridiculous posts please?
Post: Look! Something note quiet PC that shows I’m eagle eyed, full of poo
Replies: AH here…
(REPEAT)
Except that’s not what had happened, the note quiet PC stuff
Everyone knows Grannies are Guinness’s secret ingredient right?
Bigger issue would be the hypocrisy of this advert when Diageo have been downsizing massively due to increased mechanisation of the brewing process.