That's a good point: some of these jobs are zero-sum games. How that consideration plays off against a legitimate desire to specialize, or simply to recognize that there are some aspects of the job for which you have more talent, is a difficult question. But I've no patience with your "just didn't like writing by women" colleagues: that's just sexism wearing a gauze-thin veil of aesthetics.
Btw, Jerome's wasn't a case of conscientious objection, as I understand it. He actually tried to join the army but was rejected on age grounds (he was 55 at the start of the war), and drove an ambulance as the next best thing. But yes, he'd have had quite a few COs amongst his colleagues, I imagine.
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Date: 2010-01-17 09:54 am (UTC)Btw, Jerome's wasn't a case of conscientious objection, as I understand it. He actually tried to join the army but was rejected on age grounds (he was 55 at the start of the war), and drove an ambulance as the next best thing. But yes, he'd have had quite a few COs amongst his colleagues, I imagine.