On this small island, Oahu Transit Services (OTS) is a company many individuals wish to be employed by. ... "Common sense" will tell us that because the bus is a large vehicle, it is not well handled by females; therefore, it takes a man to properly command and maneuver a bus. ... Female bus operators are becoming more common, yet it is still scarce. Of the 1,000 Bus Operators at OTS, I estimate less than 100 are female. The financial state of most women within the company is nowhere near parallel to a Bus Operator. ...

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Even still, people, presumably men, still argue that she should be busing herself with the woman's work of the age, of housekeeping and child bearing. ... It makes me laugh; it is like she is paying lip service because deep down, she knows she's good. ...

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The incident with a young boy on the bus who was singing Maria from West Side Story also seems to have left a bitter taste at the author, You can leave the island... and travel as far as you can, but if you are a Latina, the island travels with you. ... For the sake of objectivity I have to mention that while I was looking for the information on Latin women in Internet, after entering the keywords like "Latin women in USA" and "Discrimination of Latin women" most of the sites that I was getting were offering sexual services. ...

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