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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone said that bitterness was driving my interview decisions.  I simply pointed out that the circumstances of my life do not indicate that I would feel bitter towards a woman who wanted both a family and a job.

The woman was in her 20s.  And she was already emphasizing to us in an interview that she wanted a job that would support her in raising a family.  When I was in my 20s and looking for my first job, I wasn't even thinking of such things, let alone speaking of them in job interviews.  This, coupled with her having transferred to a school halfway across the country because she "WAS in a relationship" made it seem to us that this applicant placed husband-hunting and baby-making over job performance.  We wanted someone who wanted to be here and would stay for the long time.  Would this woman quit to pursue a relationship?

Enter the male applicant.  Also in his 20s, but a bit older.  She was coming off an internship; he had a few years at a firm.  He hadn't disrupted his studies to pursue a relationship.  He wasn't talking about raising a family.  I am not sure why I even mentioned that he was gay.  Except that, while gay men often do get married and raise children, it is not something they tend to talk about in job interviews when they are in their 20s.  Gays are discriminated against far more than women.  In this case I was proud to bring some diversity on board.

Not vile.

Not vile.[/quote]

Why do you keep bringing up her age as if there is something wrong with women thinking about marriage and children when they are in their 20's?

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