Barbara applies to a bus company for a job as a bus driver. She was a transport driver in the RAAF and has plenty of experience. When the employer gives her the job he says he doubts that she will be able to hack the pace and that she will be paid less than the men until she proves herself.
Mike sees an advertisement for a job as a sales representative for a cosmetics company. When he telephones to express his interest, the personnel manager says: “‘Sorry, we don’t have any male reps and we like to keep it that way’.