Letter: Fair jobs deal for men and women
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Your support makes all the difference.Sir: In the not unlikely event that Aidan Rankin's falsely representing himself as being from another planet fails to get him a job, may I suggest a less desperate remedy.
We Aidans are an under-represented minority if ever there was one. For almost 50 years I have suffered the anguish of being the only Aidan wherever I have lived, studied and worked; not to mention the trauma of being endlessly addressed as Adrian. The lack of role-models in public life (at least since the death of the late Aidan Crawley) is a further wound to our self- esteem and barrier to our advancement.
Next time Rankin goes for a job interview, he should demand to know how many Aidans are already employed there. If none, his case is surely overwhelming.
AIDAN FOSTER-CARTER
Shipley, West Yorkshire
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