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Julia Gillard's hairdressing partner: does your job stereotype you? Julia Gillard's hairdressing partner: does your job stereotype you?
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A radio host has asked the Australian prime minister, Julia Gillard, about rumours that her partner, Tim Mathieson, who is a hairdresser, is gay.

"You hear it," said Howard Sattler. "He must be gay, he's a hairdresser. It's not me saying it."		A radio host has asked the Australian prime minister, Julia Gillard, about rumours that her partner, Tim Mathieson, who is a hairdresser, is gay.

"You hear it," said Howard Sattler. "He must be gay, he's a hairdresser. It's not me saying it."
Gillard responded by dismissing the suggestion, and said: "I don't think that in life one can look at a whole profession full of different human beings and say gee, we know something about everyone of those human beings."Gillard responded by dismissing the suggestion, and said: "I don't think that in life one can look at a whole profession full of different human beings and say gee, we know something about everyone of those human beings."
For men who work in traditionally female-dominated professions, Sattler's question may have a tiresomely familiar ring. But assumptions about your personal life based on what work you choose to do aren't restricted to sexuality. Bankers are seen as greedy, librarians as demure, journalists as sleazy, nurses as angels and estate agents as dishonest.For men who work in traditionally female-dominated professions, Sattler's question may have a tiresomely familiar ring. But assumptions about your personal life based on what work you choose to do aren't restricted to sexuality. Bankers are seen as greedy, librarians as demure, journalists as sleazy, nurses as angels and estate agents as dishonest.
What assumptions have people made about you because of what you do for a living? Were they surprising or predictable?What assumptions have people made about you because of what you do for a living? Were they surprising or predictable?
Or perhaps you subvert the stereotype of your profession? Are you a gay builder, a straight hairdresser, a female lorry driver or a politician without a trace of egotism?Or perhaps you subvert the stereotype of your profession? Are you a gay builder, a straight hairdresser, a female lorry driver or a politician without a trace of egotism?
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