<Workplace Discrimination>

<Conversation>

A: I was shocked when an loder co-worker told me to get him coffee.B: Yes, but he is part of a different generation and before it was common for this to happen.

 

A: Really? Well, that is unfair for those men to treat women so badly.

B: I gree with you. However, women are not the only people who are not treated equally at work.

A: What do you mean? I thought other workers here were satisfied with their situation.

B: Yes, but other companies force older employees to quit so younger people can work instead.

 

<Vocabulary>

-output levels 생산량수준

-women's liberation movement 여성해방운동

-maternity leave 출산휴가

-reverse discrimination 역차별

-ethnic 민족의

-minorities 소수민족

 

<Expressions>

- counted on = depended on, relied on, expected- fill-in = substitute 대체물 - cold shoulder 냉대하다 = style of not being nice and friendly intentionally- out in the cold 곤경에 빠지다 = left out, not being part of benefits given to others