Nimal Jayawardhana <nfjayawa@DARWIN.NTU.EDU.AU> replied:
>>I can bet anything this has nothing to do with the spacesuit sizes. The
>>reason is much more simple -- "Fixing the space station that men had
>>trouble with is not a job for a woman." Russia is the most sexist country
>>in Europe, in case you did not know.
<snip>
>>Marina
>
>It's really rather disturbing considering that theoretically the Soviet
>Union was a very egalitarian place (highest proportion of female doctors and
>Engineers in the world etctera) on earth, but stats can be deceiving.
It's less surprising if you also know that jobs like doctor which had a lot
fo women were also low-paid and low status . . .
Neil Rest
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