Response to Jocelyn Fredrick's Lean In Post

            

Do you think it is important for woman to be working together to make a stand in a man’s world? 



               While I'm not sure how these "Oprah sessions" work or how one would go about to get into one, I do believe that it is important for women to work together to make a stand in a "man's" world. There is a large disparity between men and women in the workplace that favor the men and (speaking from a male perspective) men are not going to go out of their way to fix the gap. Life is full of inequalities that a person is given at birth; it will only be changed by those that must endure those inequalities. For inequalities between men and women that means that women must be the ones to change and fight these inequalities, not men. Seriously, if you have an advantage over your competition are you going to go out of your way to "level" the playing field? That's a rhetorical question by the way because the answer to that is NO. If that's not your answer then you, my friend, are in for a rough trip as a business major. This "book club" kind of social group will increase women's connections within the business world and bring them one step closer to and equal playing field with men.

Sex Sells for Airlines

                  In an article by Ramy Inocencio Frances Cha the age old question of "do sexy flight attendants sell seats" is asked. The answer for the Thailand airline, Nok Air, seems to be yes. Early in the year they began a campaign with a photo shoot of their flight attendants in bikinis (for those who don't know, Nok Air's flight attendants start their job at the age of 23 with beauty and weight regulations, and don't last more than 5 years on average). They posted the shoot on Facebook and immediately received 200,000 likes. It also increased their international passenger percentage from 10% to 18% and created huge publicity for the small domestic airline.  While the "sexy" stewardess has long gone the way of the dinosaur in America and most countries in Europe, it is standard practice in Asia. Most airlines in Asia have similar unofficial requirements for their stewardesses and aviation schools of the region preach physical fitness. For me personally I do not take issue with this. The labor pool to pick from is so vast that airlines can make whatever requirements they want and there will still be too many qualified applicants to hire. While there are moral and ethical issues behind such practices, there is no legal issue at stake. Nok Air and other Asian airlines are trying to be more appealing to their target market and they feel that this way is the best way to do so. Who are we to say they're wrong?

My question to whoever read what I wrote is this:
Do you believe that there should be laws in place to stop this? Also (if you are against the above mentioned practice) in America why aren't there laws that don't prevent models from having unofficial physical requirements?

Or, with the above question in mind, answer me this:

 If a company is trying to promote or create an image for themselves what makes it acceptable/unacceptable for them to promote/create it?  

http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/20/travel/asia-flight-attendants/index.html?iref=allsearch