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Monday, 02 November 2009 17:47 |
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Francine Katz, who was once the vice president for communications at Anheuser-Busch, filed a lawsuit last week accusing the brewery of gender discrimination.
I read about the lawsuit with a certain sense of skepticism. Perhaps that's because I'm a male. Or perhaps I'm less than enthusiastic about most lawsuits because I've been sued a few times myself, never for discriminating against an employee — I've never had an employee — but mostly for libel, slander and invasion of privacy, the sorts of sins one might expect from a guy with a smart mouth and a big megaphone.
At any rate, I do not pretend to come to this lawsuit with an unbiased mind, and Katz would not want me as a juror. In fact, there are probably a lot of guys who ought not sit on this jury. That's because one of her complaints is that the brewery encouraged a "frat party" atmosphere, to which many guys would respond, "It's a brewery!"
In a world without men, there would be no large breweries. There would be a few micro-breweries, and they would make things like diet strawberry ale. Your basic high-caloric lager would not be a big seller.
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