as a teenager, my dad told me that the best deisel mechanic he knew of was a woman (dad always had a deisel pick-up)... yet I find that a lot of people think that because I am a woman, I am completely oblivious when it comes to mechanics (ie, I remember going into a parts store, and before the guy at the counter would get me the part he asked what the problem was in a very demeaning tone then told me I didn't know what I was talking about... had to fib and tell him that I was getting the part for my dad for him to go get the part). I am going to be enrolling at WyoTech within the next 6 months and eventually plan to own my own shop (a partnership with my nephew who is also going to the school). Just so I know completely what I am getting into, how much gender based bias do you think I am going to run into? And why do guys think that because I am a woman that I don't know anything about cars (besides the fact that most women don't/won't want to get their hands dirty)?
2007-11-13
02:11:27
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