Supervising Women Workers (1944)

★★★★ · Aieee! Women! · Spuzz · 2005-06-29

Supervising Women is a film that you seriously wonder what the filmmakers are smoking. A fedora-wearing (see Suggestion Box) foreman is suddenly put in charge of supervising some women in the company. After blurting out that women ÃÂscare himÃÂ (*cough*) his boss sits him down and explains how to treat women in the workplace by giving him several ÃÂtipsÃÂ, most of which would get you fired today. LetÃÂs see, explain technical terms really slowly! They canÃÂt grasp new things right away! Women are more sensitive! You have to treat them differently! DonÃÂt mix work with pleasure! In other words…

★★★★ · dont worry Joe · marianne333 · 2007-04-07

after the war ends, all of those chattering beauties will be told to leave their jobs and get busy pumping out babies , the skills at the factories they learned ..forgotten, they will settle down gracefully , serve their husbands martinis after work, clop about in high heels as they do dishes, and be committed to mental institutions if they dont behave. see, Joe? It will all work out.

★★★★ · Supervising Primate Workers · unzar · 2007-05-04

Incredibly sexist and condescending film. The word, women, could be replaced with monkey and the same effect would be had. When using the flamspan be sure to corbobulate the torpet. Preferably with a jerrywrench. Didn't understand that? It's obviously because you are a woman. Always remember, when instructing monkeys, err, women, to use plain language and never speak with shop terms if at all possible.

★★★ · A different set of rules... · trafalgar · 2004-04-12

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... The sexism is slightly tempered by a scene with Joe's hardworking and patient wife, and a reminder that we couldn't have won victory in Europe without women like those in…