Well, I’m a woman and I know what I want, would my answer be sufficient? While it works for me, I can guarantee it wouldn’t work for my colleague, my neighbor, even the other women in my family. And to quote a little article in the Washington Post Express: “For centuries, men have been wondering [...]
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Equity in the News (06-27-08)
Posted in Equity in the News on June 27, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
Gender equity issues in the news June 14 through June 27 One of the most significant trends over the past 50 years has been the movement of women, especially mothers, into the paid labor force. When it passed in 1993, the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was supposed to be the beginning of a new [...]
Should Women Have Equal Rights?
Posted in Sexism, tagged Behind the Pay Gap, equal rights on June 27, 2008, | 107 Comments »
No, I’m not talking about whether the Equal Rights Amendment should be approved. I’m referring to some statistics I happened to run across while researching another story. NationMaster.com, a site that compiles statistics from numerous sources, provides the following table of the percentage of women agreeing with the statement, “Women should have equal rights,” in [...]
I’m Never Getting Married
Posted in Women & Economic Security, tagged marriage, pay equity, retirement, salary, weddings on June 24, 2008, | 7 Comments »
I’m 26, so for the past few years, I’ve spent A LOT of time at weddings. I’ve been to three so far this summer, and I’m invited to another in October. I like weddings, mostly because I love free food and dancing, but I’m not really in a hurry to get married myself for a [...]
Thank You, Title IX
Posted in Title IX, tagged athletics, education, STEM, Title IX, Where the Girls Are on June 23, 2008, | 4 Comments »
A poster on the wall in my office features caricatures of five women, each of them ready to play a different sport. One is kicking a soccer ball; another is twirling a basketball on her finger. They all stand behind a banner that says, “Thank You, Title IX.” While Title IX is widely known for [...]
Expect Great!
Posted in Title IX, Women & Economic Security, Women and Work, tagged basketball, pay equity, Title IX, WNBA on June 20, 2008, | 2 Comments »
Now in its 12th season, the WNBA has made many advances for women in sports, but there is still work to do. When the league was formed, players’ health insurance was available during the basketball season only; year-round health care is now available. A new six-year collective bargaining agreement allows for annual league-wide salary increases, [...]
Equity in the News
Posted in Equity in the News, tagged athletics, feminism, Hillary Clinton, reproductive rights, Sex Discrimination, sexual assault, Sexual Harassment on June 17, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
Gender equity-related topics in the news from May 30 – June 13 Someday, a woman will break the White House barrier. Whoever that is will owe Clinton’s 2008 run a huge debt. Women who find Clinton’s candidacy somehow tainted by the fact that she derives power from her husband’s presidency fail to understand traditional paths [...]
Not Anti-Male
Posted in NCCWSL, Sexism, tagged anti-male, feminism, feminist, leadership, National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, NCCWSL on June 17, 2008, | 13 Comments »
During the opening session of the recent National Conference for College Women Student Leaders, attendees were asked to stand up if they agreed with different statements. This exercise brings out many of the similarities and differences among the group of 500 college women leaders present. Two of the statements were “I consider myself a feminist” [...]
You’re Asking for It
Posted in Sexism, Sexual Harassment, tagged privacy on June 16, 2008, | Leave a Comment »
This blog post and the accompanying video are hilarious, especially if you live in Washington, D.C. It’s a pretty good illustration of the bizarre marriage of bureaucracy and everyday life that makes up part of the city’s character. Apparently, security guards at Union Station, our gorgeous Beaux Arts Amtrak station/mall and the most-visited tourist attraction [...]
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