Originally Posted by Charlatan

I have had a lot of experience working with Mechanics, Janitors and Maintenance Men... Never have I experienced a more mysogenistic, homophobic, etc. lot... Many of they wore it as a badge of honour and in having discussions and making jokes would take it as implicits that I shared their beliefs...

In some cases, I would take the time to engage them with questions about why they would say something or make a statement to the contrary (much as you did above) but generally, I ended up just smiling and nodding or keeping to myself.

In the end, I could have had battles everyday but it more than likely won't have changed any of there minds and would have made working with these men difficult to say the least... Then again, I knew that these jobs were only summer employment...

I wouldn't sweat it too much. It is just one of those things in life...