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- NATION, Page 25American NotesSEX DISCRIMINATIONFalsetto Advertising
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- Sweet-voiced "Raven," a Cherokee Irishwoman, was such a hit
- withcallers 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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- 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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