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		<title>Six Ways to Honor Women&#8217;s Equality Day</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/08/six-ways-to-honor-womens-equality-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 15:27:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is Women&#8217;s Equality Day marking the ninetieth anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. It’s not an easy day to honor. Do we celebrate the tremendous work of the suffragettes who fought long and hard for women? Or do we note the irony of an equality day when women still earn, on average, only 77 cents for every dollar a man earns; bang their heads against a glass ceiling; still do the majority of housework and haven&#8217;t reached critical mass in Washington? I say we mark the day by taking action. If we exercise our power as women, we both honor the women who came before us and help advance those who will come after us. Here are six suggestions for celebrating Women&#8217;s Equality Day. 1. Vote. The suffragettes fought a long, hard battle in order for women to have the right to vote.  If you aren&#8217;t already registered, register to vote today, read up on the issues and cast a ballot in the midterm elections. Women are 51 percent of the population and we do make a difference on election day. 2. Run. Better yet, why not run for office? Ladies, it&#8217;s great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Men Cheat on Breadwinners?</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/08/do-men-cheat-on-breadwinners/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a scary story to send women back to the kitchen: the more economically dependent a man is on his female partner, the more likely he is to cheat on her. A new study from the American Sociological Association is generating lots of coverage. My favorite headlines for this story so far are:  from Science2.0.com: &#8220;Kept Men More Likely To Cheat Than Bigger Breadwinners&#8221; from the Toronto Sun: &#8220;She Pays the Bills, He Cheats&#8221; and from the Winnipeg Free Press: &#8220;When She Pays, He Plays.&#8221;  The study reveals men who are financially dependent on a female partner are five times more likely to cheat than men who contribute an equal amount of income to the partnership. It&#8217;s the demise of the American family, the American workforce, life as we know it. If only we women could just stay home, have babies, stop demanding paid maternity leave and stealing our men&#8217;s jobs. And, if we crazy feminists still insist on working, can&#8217;t we at least just take part time gigs? Because the study also reveals that men in relationships with women who make only three quarters of the men&#8217;s income were the least likely to cheat.  But wait. There&#8217;s more. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sex and the City No Match for Dirty Dancing</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/05/sex-and-the-city-no-match-for-dirty-dancing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 18:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ There&#8217;s a lot going on in the world of chick flicks. It is opening weekend for &#8220;Sex and the City 2&#8221; and I am looking forward to seeing it even though I found the first movie to be a disappointment. Even with a sub par story line, I love those ladies &#8212; their clothes, their glamour, their friendship and their shoes. Oh, their shoes. And Lionsgate has released the DVD/Blu-ray version of &#8220;Dirty Dancing&#8221; Limited Keepsake Edition. So many of my Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte-loving friends have equally strong feelings for Baby, the heroine of that 80s classic. With all due respect to writer and co-producer Eleanor Bergstein, and she&#8217;s due plenty of respect, I didn&#8217;t connect with Baby in that way.  Maybe I was just too much of an Irish Catholic, blue collar, Cape Cod cottage kind of girl to relate to a gutsy, privileged Jewish girl who spends her summers at a resort. But with age comes wisdom, perspective and the opportunity to speak directly with Ms. Bergstein about her hit film, which, by the way, is also a long-running stage production. Bergstein says so many people want to know if the movie is the story of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confession: Sexual Harassment, I Dealt With It</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/05/confession-sexual-harassment-i-dealt-with-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 13:36:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of Cindy Adams irresponsible New York Post column where she tells women who experience sexual harassment to &#8220;deal with it&#8221; 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 month after I started, I was at a tradeshow with some of the sales team, and one of our vendors visiting from Germany, all men. When the exhibit hall closed, the event organizers hosted a cocktail party with a live band and dance floor. I decided to hang out for awhile – thinking it would be a good opportunity to bond with my new coworkers. But after a few drinks, the sales guys started morphing into pigs. Our European guest was on the dance floor, extremely drunk and hitting on every woman he saw. The rest of the group decided it was time to move on to another bar. &#8220;We can’t just leave (our vendor) here. Someone needs to drive him back to his hotel,&#8221; I said. Their responses varied from, &#8220;Why don&#8217;t you take him home? He&#8217;d like that,&#8221; to &#8220;If we leave him here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Feminism Got To Do With It? UPDATED</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/04/whats-feminism-got-to-do-with-it/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2010/04/whats-feminism-got-to-do-with-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 17:25:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CNN recently aired a segment on &#8220;dirty girl&#8221; images in the media. They define dirty girls or bad girls as women who promote promiscuity and drinking, engage in &#8220;raunchy sex talk&#8221; and are sometimes violent.  You can view the clip here. CNN attempts to make the case that some women view this type of behavior as a form of women empowerment. How do they make that case? By simply stating it and quoting one woman who basically says, &#8220;Why yes. That&#8217;s it.&#8221; The network even promos the piece as a story on feminism with this teaser: &#8220;CNN&#8217;s Carol Costello explores what could be the &#8220;third wave&#8221; of feminism, and why that&#8217;s troubling.&#8221; Townhall.com, a conservative, Republican blog, jumps on the feminist angle with this commentary,  &#8221;As if you needed further proof that woman&#8217;s &#8220;liberation&#8221; (aka feminism) has had less than stellar results. &#8220;Since God&#8217;s distinct roles for men and women and the sanctity of marriage are considered quaint and beneath the enlightened intellect of today&#8217;s educated elite, some may see this as &#8220;progress,&#8221; and others see it as punishment.&#8221; Wow. How do they even make that connection? Why is it that any woman who doesn&#8217;t fit a certain, safe stereotype [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Steinem Endorses Coakley and Other News of the Week</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2009/12/steinem-endorses-coakley-and-other-news-of-the-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was another busy week and we are glad it is winding down. We&#8217;ve compiled some follow up reading for you on the topics we covered this week. But first, some news. Massachusetts Senate candidate Martha Coakley announced today the endorsement of Gloria Steinem, founding editor and publisher of Ms. magazine, co-founder of the National Women’s Political Caucus and long-time women&#8217;s rights activist. What is exciting and significant about this endorsement is it is yet another example that Coakley is not afraid of gender. Other women candidates often feel pressure to downplay women&#8217;s rights for fear of being seen as &#8220;just&#8221; a woman&#8217;s candidate. On the flip side, if they talk tough or wear pantsuits instead of skirts, they are criticized for being a &#8220;woman acting like a man.&#8221; Coakley is simply running on her track record and the important issues, one of which is women&#8217;s rights. Her opponents aren&#8217;t trying to hide the fact they are men and she&#8217;s not hiding the fact she is a woman. Speaking of the Massachusetts Senate race… Sexism Alive and Well: Joan Vennochi at The Boston Globe had a great op-ed this week on the old boy&#8217;s network.  It talks about how the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome Ladies</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2009/10/welcome-ladies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:20:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I travel in two crowds. The first is a group of amazing women –feminists who are articulate, engaged and sometimes outraged by the status of women and women&#8217;s rights. They are activists, writers, and all around really cool chicks (although some of them might take offense at the term &#8220;chicks&#8221;).  I don’t really spend that much time with them outside of Facebook, Twitter, blogs and Google groups. But I admire, respect and relate to them and to many others.  The second is another group of amazing women – my friends and neighbors &#8211; mothers who are committed to their families – especially their children, and are involved in the schools and their communities.  I do hang out with them, when our  schedules permit, and I also admire, respect and relate to them.  Unlike the first group of women, this group rarely mentions feminism and may not even self identify as feminists. On paper, these two groups appear radically different. But I know there is plenty of common ground. Group one discusses equal pay, reproductive rights, violence against women, misogynistic media practices. Group two is more likely to talk about Drop Dead Diva, soccer practice and PTO. But their lives are [...]]]></description>
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