studiomprd Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Blankenship Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Two wrongs make a right? No. But, three rights make a left. Back to the topic at hand: I think we're all a bit overly sensitive these days. Use common sense, practice common decency, and apply common courtesy and don't sweat the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Popp Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 If they ask to hire a women, let them! I did a job recently, and found out when I got there that they were desperately trying to hire a women instead of me... when I walked in, it was for a Women's Labor Conference! I was the only male there. I kept my mouth shut and did my job and got out of there quick! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Reilly Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 I can totally understand a religious, cultural gender sensitivity situation. Probably hard enough to get access period, much less heightening the situation with a crew that ends up defeating the point of getting the access. "Great..we're here and everyone's clamming up or otherwise acting abnormally." Tom, did the meeting content rate high on sensitive issues? I mean..was it that they wanted to maintain privacy or was it the principle of a male working at a female labor event? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nate C Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 A number of years back I did a doco on the Women's Refuge Movement (a home for women to get away from abusive relationships), where the cam op and I were both males. This defineatly hindered the project to the point where once they refused to let us film due to our gender. To be honest I could not blame them. As it happened I remembered one of the women who ran one of the refuges that I had lived in as a child some 20 odd years earlier, and she remembered some of the mischief I had got up to as a youngster. This helped to open some doors. I still feel the project suffered due to not having an all female crew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Reilly Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 Wow Nate, that must've been a wild realization! A doco within a doco Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamBoston Posted December 20, 2011 Report Share Posted December 20, 2011 Love to see so many fired up sound people! lot of ol' man grumbling though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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