Kate O'Beirne : How is America better off if the real physical demands of a job have to be watered down to accommodate women? If I, as an all-suffering taxpayer, have to be evacuated from a building, I used to be carried by a male firefighter. I am now dragged by my ankles, as my head hits every single stair going down three stories. I prefer being carried. I assume most taxpayers prefer being carried.
Gloria Steinem: It's better to drag them out, because there's less smoke down there. I mean, we're probably killing people by carrying them out at that height, you know, so I mean, you know, we need to look sensibly here at these jobs and what they really require, and not just some idea of what macho is.
Bella Abzug: That's true.
John Stossel: They've had to change the test.
Bella Abzug: Well, that's all right. Institutions have to adjust. If there are still physical problems which prevent certain activities, those activities should be assisted, so that itin a way, with technology, so that it's possible.
John Stossel: They should give them an electric axe?
Bella Abzug: Whatever is required.
OMGosh. This topic was all over the radio this afternoon also. Most folks want to be carried out!
It sounds as this witch is already suffering from the effects of smoke inhalation.