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I have posted this comment elsewhere but was unsure whether
it would get read so I am reposting it here:

I have just finished my last course the Motor Vehicle
Repair course in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada supposedly
readying me for apprenticeship in the auto industry. I have
been actively seeking work and been dismissed from work in
this industry over the last year from different employers
for various ridiculous reasons. Please address this issue
of discrimination in the auto trade on your online
magazine. I would like to know if their are other women out
there going through the same thing or if I just live in a
backwards province in Canada? 

I see it. I'm a student at Lincoln Tech in their automotive
program and I've been going through their classes for a few
months now. I'm 3 months away from completing it. It's not
often that I see other women but most don't make it
through. I've been busting my own butt to make the grades
and learn what's being taught. Most the other students are
young men with no true respect for serious women. They
think women no more than sex objects, but this is the way
most men are, the young ones at least. 
My first real class wasn't a pretty one. I was sitting
between two men. One beside me thought it was pretty cool
to cut and paste pornography into his text book. I got a
glance of it and quickly looked away. And he knew there was
a woman sitting right next to him. One would think he would
have some respect but he didn't. In my opinion, this guy
was a real jackass. This wasn't the only time I felt
annoyed with him. The instructor (who quit thankfully) saw
it and even joked about it. I was getting angry. Come
break, I walked to the media/edcuation center where I was
about to report the instructor, but then I saw him. I
decided to let it slide, but now that I look at it, I
shouldn't have. There's a nice lady that knows me there who
works as the student coordinator who doesn't take to sexual
harrassment lightly. I should have said something to her. 
Other instances, the men think I cannot do certain tasks.
It's true I'm not very strong, but it doesn't mean they can
do things for me. I was also the only one busting my butt in
my automatic transmissions class in the group I was working
with. I have also been hit on by the young men, but I just
turn them away.
There are even times you get impresions of "what are you
doing here?" but I never let that get to me. Or "You're a
girl, you can't do this." I'm doing what most of these guys
would only dream of. I hunted down a classic Datsun and
rebuilding the engine. 
Maybe women in the field will never get some respect they
want because men think it's their field. Well, so what. If
you're happy what you're doing ignore the cavemen out there
and continue on.