Thanks for taking the time to comment. Part of the reason I wanted you to make your remarks here are because of the “Gang” mentality that few people understand when phrases like “Street Smarts” are used.

This has a very different connantation to people who have lived around gangs as opposed to industry women who use the term “Serve in Silence” which in some religions means “Cover up” what you know is wrong.

You mentioned “Women in Trucking” and I have to clarify the confusion. Our twitter tag is @WomenTruckers & there is actually a Non-Profit Organization called “Women in Trucking” which is tied to ATA (Not Known to be driver friendly let alone Women Friendly) with a twitter tag @WomeninTrucking which is more of an industry feel good organization. There is quite a bit of info which has been exposed recently about their “Positions” here on this site.

The best I can gather it’s sort of like when the ladies at the yacht club dress up as biker chicks for their annual party.

The gang environment for women is like you said being ‘Sexed” or “Beat” in & unfortunately some women in trucking believe that is part of becoming a truck driver so they feel if they protect the guys who conduct this behavior they are “One of the Boys”.

This makes a small population of scum be insulated. Not even other guys can tolerate listening o some of the crap but leadership occurs from the top down.

You and I know when Women protect a predator they are only acting as bait and they are never considered equal only a pawn to conduct dirty work and will be left holding the bag at some point when the shit hits the fan.

Bros before Ho’s so to speak.

Women who see other Women in this manner are a huge part of the problem and only prolong advancement of all Women.

Men who disrespect Women, disrespect all Women. They are only able to manipulate some Women to do their bidding willingly.

I appreciate you taking the time to comment. I think Women need to hear some raw truth from men so they can begin to realize they will not be respected by men until they show respect for each other.

A few years ago, I made the mistake of going to work for a Mega Skag Corporation based out of Salt Lake (Gee, I wonder who that could have been?) with the intention of becoming a trainer. I lasted all of a month, almost to the day. In that short amount of time, I was given a small glimpse of the crap that is going on. I was repulsed simply by the mind numbing propagandist cursory “training” that these people were receiving. There were daily orientation class interruptions from the lease/purchase department inviting people to get off of “class” so they could come look at the pretty trucks and talk to them about the oodles of money to be made as a lease operator.

The minor blurb of a sexual harassment presentation pretty much amounted to the absolutely ridicules “Sex is not allowed on any truck owned by C.R.England, even between legitimate consenting couples.” There were rumors among the drivers of claims of trainers sexually harassing a student but never anything that I could substantiated during the week that I spent at the Salt Lake Terminal.

Sifting through this lapdog wench’s voluminous rhetoric, basically what she is saying is, “Systemic rape and abuse is part of the learning curve and resistance, to “leadership’s” rapist enabling inaction, on the part of the abused and their representatives, is the basest of primitive human emotion.” Her advice for the raped and abused, who brought their torment upon themselves by daring to challenge the established good ol’ boy network, is for them to “sit down, shut up and suffer in silence” until more women, like herself, reach positions of “power”.

To assume that things will be any different, should this happen is completely asinine. This is akin to slaves who willingly fought along side their masters on the side of the Confederacy, during the American Civil War. As long as the current slave masters stay in power, adhering to same system of tyranny, while the slaves who fight beside them may enjoy the fruits of their masters favoritism, they are still slaves and have done nothing but hinder the struggle of their fellow human beings.

This is very sad to think Women Truckers have this representation, I’ve heard more disgust out of Men who read this article. It’s very disturbing:

http://www.ttnews.com/articles/basetemplate.aspx?storyid=23546

Training Women to “Listen” from day one and “Stop!” trying to Dominate each other would help also to make a more effective training process.

Women need to realize their are their own worst enemy when they bicker, esspecially in this very crucial training period.

Despite what your recruiter implies, this first few months is crucial you bite your lip and listen.

I’d rather have “2 Hens in the Hen House” than be stuck with a predator working in collusion with in-house staff or enabling women in the trucking industry who conduct this “1st Wife of the Polygamist Cult” management style.