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The Reality of Working Mothers
In publishing Daniel Indiviglio’s article “Why Working Mothers Fall Behind,” The Atlantic once again demonstrates its lack of understanding of women’s experiences. The article is a response to Tuesday’s New York Times piece, titled “A Labor Market Punishing to Mothers.” Indiviglio says of the working women’s plight, “But calling this a problem is analogous... »
Are Women to Blame?
I have recently found a new slew of articles supporting the popular idea that women are to blame –for everything. Politico ran an article earlier this week citing research from American University’s Women & Politics Institute that shows only 13.5 percent of the lawmaker guests on the Sunday morning talk shows are women. (We... »
What’s Best for Working Mothers
The Mama Bee says the media is failing working mothers. As evidence, she cites Working Mother’s list of Best Companies for Women. Included is Novartis, the drug company that was just ordered to pay $250 million in a sex discrimination suit. Also on the list, Goldman Sachs and Citi, both of which have been... »
What Chris Brogan Wants
How the hell would I know? I’m not Chris Brogan. Pity he didn’t take a similar approach in his recent posts, “Learn What Women Want” and “Women in the Workplace.” Chris Brogan, president of New Marketing Labs, while blogging about working women, cited this stat from the Center for Work-Life Policy: while 47 percent... »
Did you hear the glass ceiling was shattered?
Following a report from Bloomberg News, recent headlines have been touting the fact the glass ceiling has been shattered. That’s because Carol Bartzof Yahoo with her $47.2 million compensation package, and fifteen other women CEOS of companies in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index averaged higher salaries than their male counterparts. That’s nice for... »
Confession: Sexual Harassment, I Dealt With It
In the wake of Cindy Adams irresponsible New York Post column where she tells women who experience sexual harassment to “deal with it” I have a confession. Several years ago I took a job where I was the only women on the management team and the first female vice president at the company. One... »
Cindy Adams Gets it Wrong
Last week in the New York Post, columnist Cindy Adams shared advice for victims of sexual harassment. “Deal with it.” Adams writes, “Calling a lawyer to say, “I’m suing because this guy laid his hands on me”? Oh, please, if that’s his only part he laid on you, get some nail extensions and inform... »
My Walmart Dilemma
Our family budget is tight this year. Since I was only earning .77 cents for every dollar my all-male coworkers were making, I started my own business — in a recession. And everyone knows that when you start your own business, things go wrong. Cars breakdown, roofs leak, Uncle Sam comes calling. So when... »
Gender Equality: Is it Heartbreak Hill?
Today was the 114th running of the Boston Marathon and a record number of women participated as registered runners. Out of 26,790 entrants, 11,350 were women. That’s an impressive number considering women have only been allowed to run in the Boston event for 38 years. From the start of the race in 1897 up... »
Won’t Work for Free
I am reeling. Still. Yesterday morning my client asked me to work for free. The client runs a startup organization and I know money is always tight when a company is trying to get off the ground. Businesses need marketing to attract clients. And they need clients to pay for marketing. It’s always a... »
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