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<text id=92TT0238>
<title>
Feb. 03, 1992: American Notes:Sex Discrimination
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
Feb. 03, 1992 The Fraying Of America
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<source>Time Magazine</source>
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NATION, Page 25
American Notes
SEX DISCRIMINATION
Falsetto Advertising
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<p> Sweet-voiced "Raven," a Cherokee Irishwoman, was such a hit
with callers to a Nevada romance line that one man phoned 26
times in a single day; three sent love letters, and a caller from
West Virginia proposed marriage. Most of her fans conjured a
mental image of a temptress with long, silky hair, a fantasy
figure and a gift for off-color gab. But Raven's real talent, it
turns out, was for mimicry. The voice belongs to Darryl Malone,
a 165-lb. National Guardsman, husband and father of four children
who is now suing Northwest Nevada Telco for, of all things, sex
discrimination.
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<p> Malone claims that because he is a man he has been passed
over for raises and promotions during his eight months on the
job. Last week the Nevada Equal Rights Commission, in a joint
filing with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,
held a fact-finding session on the case and is likely to make
a recommendation next month. "You must be wondering how an
ex-Marine could talk sex to men," says Malone. "I had to feed
my family. There was a point when I thought Raven was going to
take over my life. After I hung up the phone, I had to take a
shower because I felt so dirty." The line of work was actually
his wife's idea: "I thought, Who would be better for the job
than a man, since a man knows what a man wants."
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