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Brickbat: Women's Work

Charles Oliver | 9.20.2021 4:00 AM

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The Darebin, Australia, City Council has banned people who identify as men from applying for an opening for a street sweeper. The bottom of the job ad says the city is an "Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in its selection and employment practices."

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Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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