[Publib] male employees in the youth room

[Judy Anderson]

This makes me sad. That mother is teaching her children to fear all men. And 
also that there is "men's work" and "women's work". I wonder what these kids 
will be like as adults and in relationships, if they can form any.

Of course, it is discrimination to not hire men. It's also discrimination to 
not put them in the children's room because of gender.


Judy Anderson
Oregon
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>From: "Janet E. Campbell" <jcampbel at sailsinc.org>
>To: <publib at webjunction.org>
>Subject: [Publib] male employees in the youth room
>Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 14:48:16 -0400
>
>Today I had a patron go on at length to me expressing surprise that we 
>would
>employee a male in our youth dept.  (He happens to be an adult page, and 
>was
>shelving at the time.no other staff members were in there).  The patron
>wanted me to tell her our page's schedule so that she could bring her
>children only when he isn't working.  Frankly, I was flabbergasted.  It
>didn't seem necessary to tell her his schedule, so I said it varies (which
>it does).  When I mentioned this to another staff member, she said another
>local town will not allow any male employees to be in the youth room when
>there isn't another staff member there.  Have any of you had any experience
>like this?  Comments?
>
>
>
>Janet Campbell, Director
>
>Mansfield Public Library
>
>255 Hope St.
>
>Mansfield, MA 02048
>
>508-261-7380
>
>
>


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