Supervising Women Workers (1944)

Factory foreman Joe sits down with his boss for a talk about how to handle the "problem" of female workers, after Joe admits "women scare me." (?!) Joe learns that women are "not naturally familiar with mechanical principles", that they must have everything explained down to the last detail, that they are naturally jealous, and that Joe should never "mix business with pleasure", though that last statement goes unexplained. An interesting document of gender relations in the new WWII co-ed factories. Producer: Kerkow (Herbert) Productions Sponsor: US Office of Education
1944 workplace politics gender roles sexism sexist boss WWII factory rosie the riveter shaggylocks



