workshop dress code

**jackiew** · 1st December 2004, 03:14 PM

at the tafe last night spoke to a lady who i'm guessing won't be seeing 35 again, and the same went for most of the people on her course.

She said that soon after the course commenced she had to use a drill - everyone else stopped what they were doing to watch her to see if she knew what she was doing.

Which is pretty sad really as drilling a hole in a piece of wood requires less skill than making a dress, following a complicated knitting pattern or whipping up a dinner for 6 - none of which would have attracted an audience.

DaveInOz is right to an extent - There is a problem with girls adding traditionally male skills to their repertoires in that you can then be perceived as being a bit of a threat ... lets face it if you can do the job as well as or better than he can then you won't be inclined to admire their wonderful achievement in fixing the bookshelf to the wall approximately horizontal and almost capable of holding a single paperback book before gravity wins.

i.e. for a female the better your non-traditional skill set the fewer potential partners you have. One hopes that this will change with the new generation being used to seeing women in a wider spread of roles.

**Termite** · 1st December 2004, 03:24 PM

Well a lot of the blokes on this forum wouldn't realise that a lot of the planes trucks guns and ammo for the second world war were made by women, and as for turning off partners, having good manual skills is no turn off for me. Go for it girl.(pardon the politicaly incorrect "girl")

**echnidna** · 1st December 2004, 03:26 PM

This topic raises an interesting question.
What did the previous woodwork teacher wear?

**smmee2** · 1st December 2004, 03:41 PM

we start them in the workshop in year 7 with 13 weeks on 1 project and then again in year 8 for another 13 weeks. They love it

**smmee2** · 1st December 2004, 03:42 PM

shirt. tie, jeans or dress pants
a little sexist isn't it?

**craigb** · 1st December 2004, 03:48 PM

Originally Posted by smmee2

shirt. tie, jeans or dress pants
a little sexist isn't it?

Very.

I take it that this a non Government school?

**HappyHammer** · 1st December 2004, 03:49 PM

A tie in a workshop, very practical, when I worked on mainframes many years ago we weren't allowed to wear ties as the printers had a habit of chewing them up and trying to take you with them.

BTW. Go with the grey dust coat.

**DaveInOz** · 1st December 2004, 03:51 PM

Originally Posted by jackiew

DaveInOz is right

'Corse I am. I'm a bloke.

All this trouble started when we gave'm the bloody vote, now they want equality, next they'll be thinking they're people!

If you start giving these girls book learn'n an all, next they will belive that they can think for themsleves, and where will that lead, eh!
When I want a woman with an opinion I'll give her one.

I'm comming up on my mid-life crisis, and I've been looking forward to it. Gonna trad the wife in on a new model, but if all the new models are ejucated whats a bloke to do! You've ruined 'em.

I'd love to be able to work in the shed with my wife, but it isn't her thing.

**johnmc** · 1st December 2004, 03:52 PM

about the last thing you want to wear doing woodwork is a tie. Imagine the consequences of getting it caught in rotating machinery.

**jackiew** · 1st December 2004, 03:54 PM

Originally Posted by smmee2

shirt. tie, jeans or dress pants
a little sexist isn't it?

assuming the previous teacher was a he i'd say its a lot sexist. You could try directly asking the big wig in question whether they had requested that the previous teacher wear different clothing. If the answer is NO - then they are opening themselves up to a charge of discrimination. If the answer is YES - then you have to ask yourself why the previous teacher ignored the request. I'm betting the answer is NO.

hopefully the tie wasn't worn when operating any kind of machinery :eek:

**craigb** · 1st December 2004, 03:54 PM

Ah but if you were wearing your woodwork apron it wouldn't be an issue.

**smmee2** · 1st December 2004, 03:55 PM

BTW. Go with the grey dust coat.[/QUOTE]I have a grey dust coat and wear it most lessons it is what I wear underneath that is causing the problem.

**HappyHammer** · 1st December 2004, 04:01 PM

Give me this blokes name and I'll have a word in his shell like

My guess is he's acting on feedback from one of your colleagues in the teachers lounge who can't wear jeans and is jealous, have a quick canvass around the teachers and ask their opinion...subtly

HH.

**smmee2** · 1st December 2004, 04:08 PM

Our Big wig is a female and there are a lot of "young staff" who have been spoken to about wearing jeans. And they are not happy because we have been able to wear them all year and it is only now a problem.

**Termite** · 1st December 2004, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by johnmc

about the last thing you want to wear doing woodwork is a tie. Imagine the consequences of getting it caught in rotating machinery.

Yes, you'd very likely get rotated.

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