Division of Labor

[cindysphynx]

Vulgarweed said:

> > Meanwhile I can't think of anything that officially excludes
> > men, except maybe matron in a women's prison or Girl Scout troop 
leader.

I can think of one.  Male labor and delivery nurse.  I read a labor 
law case in which a particular hospital barred a male nurse from 
this specialty.  Too many female patients objected to having him as 
their nurse while they were delivering a baby.  He sued, and *he 
lost!*  The court said gender under these circumstances was a BFOQ 
(Bona Fide Occupational Qualification) and the hospital could take 
customer preferences for female nurses into account in deciding how 
to staff the position of labor and delivery nurse.  So he lost his 
job because of his *gender.*

I was pretty surprised, myself.  I didn't care at all about the 
gender of my labor and delivery nurses, so long as they arranged to 
get me some *drugs!*  ;-)

Cindy