Nice Work

The part in Nice Work that affected me most was the part where Robyn made her first day at Pringles and sons. The male employees treated her very condescending and I found it very appalling to realise that the way she was treated by the men at the company was probably the way women were treated in contemporary society at that time. Not only were the men amazingly stunned by the fact that she was a woman but when realising it, very blunt, it seemed as if they were in such great chock so that they didn’t know how to act. This section made me think about that even though we have a long way to go when it comes to equality between men and women however, we do have come a long way since the time when Nice Work took place.

This section of the book also includes a lot of prejudices and as much that I would like to say that it is only the men who patronizes women and Robyn in particular this isn’t the case. Even though Robyn is the object of a lot of patronizing comments, some said right to her face and some behind her back, she is also having preconceived notions about Pringles and sons. I would say that Pringles and Sons as an example of the factory world, and The University are very judgemental towards one another which in part depends on that the two worlds are very different and people tend to be scared of the things that they do not know about. I definitely think that we are more open today and not as scared of things that we do not know about. I would even say that today people like exploring unknown territories

Finally, I want to say that it is important to understand that even though the world we live in is not as equal as we want it to be we are moving in the right direction.