So, yes of course I watched that t.v. movie about gay people going on strike. And I've been seeing a lot of stuff written here and in other sections that discounts our contributions to society. So...
I am wondering, if we did go on strike, how it would affect the country? I mean yeah there were a whole bunch of stereotypes in that movie, like all the hairdressers walked out first. So I don't want to go by what a movie says would happen. But in the land of reality, what kinds of jobs or volunteer work would you not be doing if we were to go on strike? I am interested to see how severely straight people would be affected.
(I don't expect anyone to be all that specific with their answers if they don't want to be. I don't wanna be reported for chatting/personal communications! But it would be interesting to see what fields would be left empty if we all left.)
I'll go first since I can't answer my own question: social worker, rape crisis counselor
2007-01-04 17:18:50 · 6 answers · asked by Jen 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
Great point, Mark. Actually, two years back a mini strike was organized near me, but I chose not to participate because the same reason. Didn't want to leave my clients without help. But it is interesting to see that out of the answers we've gotten so far a lot of the helping fields would be decimated if we were to actually leave all responsibilities.
2007-01-04 17:43:13 · update #1
I am a teacher. I have followed many of my children as long as twenty years and know I've affected many lives. And, boy, are there a lot of lesbian teachers! I also work in a food pantry - there are many people who would be affected if we shut down - everyone who works there is gay!
2007-01-04 17:24:40 · answer #1 · answered by jane7 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If I went on strike it would only include my for pay work.
As noble as a strike might be, I volunteer with recovering drug addicts, and since their addictions never take a day off for any reason, it wouldn't be fair to draw their well-being into the struggle for my Civil Rights.
I would show up for those who I help who are already disenfranchised from the system. It seems to me you have to strike at the heart of the system to be effective, not at those who are already victims of poor policy.
In my opinion, a gay boycott for 3 weeks of any one consumer item would shock Wall Street into pressuring the lobbyist in Washington to pay more attention to gays, but I might be wrong.
Here's an idea: if every gay person made the conscious effort to tell family, neighbors, friends, or someone today that they work with that they are gay, then the perception of our numbers and place in society would exponentially expand overnight.
The biggest case is for coming out of the closet and refusing to be ashamed or silent. Those who died of AIDS in the 1980s showed us the price of silence or accepting shame from a hate-driven society.
2007-01-05 01:33:38 · answer #2 · answered by Marc Miami 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with jane17... many teachers I have had are gay... I dont really know though... what jobs do teenagers get? they would actually probably first to strike, I am in high school, and I know MANY gay people...
2007-01-05 01:33:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
GLBT people are in all aspects of the work force...it would just seriously affect the country...I was an airline worker...without us the flights would stop..
2007-01-05 03:15:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What would happen is that a LOT of queers would lose their jobs. To straight people, who the employer would be that much happier to be working with anyway. And, hopefully, unlike the movie, we wouldn't all cave in to make the heterosexuals happy in the end. WTF with that one?
2007-01-06 04:22:31 · answer #5 · answered by Atropis 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
What to demand?
2007-01-05 01:37:39 · answer #6 · answered by Farshad G 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋