Discrimination

There is a rumour going around that none of the guys are allowed to work sweeps next year, Sounds like discrimination... Any opinions ?

I dont believe it. It is probably nonsense.

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I would believe it. As far as discrimination I dont think so... I believe its part of the image that they are trying to portray. They tried to have as few guy sweeps as possible this year. I believe there were only two in the whole park. If you are interested in being a sweep though just try to work sky ride. They end up sweeping half of the time anyway lol

Up until the late 90's every crew was gender segregated, so it's not that far fetched. Plus the female sweeps have those awesome oompa loompa uniforms....

Doubtful. Try to give a reasonable reason for a BFOQ that requires a sweep to be female would be about the same as trying to give a reasonable reason that Santa Claus exists.

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what does this have to do with cedar fair?

It has to do with a requiring you to be a female to be a sweep. With regards to gender segregated crews that's different, they're not saying we'd have a male crew of sweeps and a female crew of sweeps, like they would have Raptor boys, and Magnum girls, to be clearer ride operators could be either gender but locations depended on gender. If this is true that's saying all sweeps have to be female which probably could be challenged through the EEOC.

http://www.eeoc.gov/

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As long as there are still *some* male sweeps, can they get around the whole legal issue (I'm really asking)? If there was at least one male sweep, would that be enough to cover them? I've been wondering this since the beginning of the season when this rumor first popped up.

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Why can only females be sweeps?

One of my best friends is actually the Team Leader of Area 1 sweeps. Watch the video on the website too. They definately mention that guys can be sweeps.

The TL of Area 1 sweeps is a guy...

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why would you want to be a sweep?

You get to roam the park as you please(mostly) Also, you get to interact with all sorts of guests and just help people.