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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... »
Global Update on Equal Right’s
The Pew Research Center today released its Global Attitudes Project report, “Gender Equality Universally Embraced, But Inequalities Acknowledged.” The report, done in association with the International Herald Tribune, is based on a survey of 22 nations conducted earlier this year. Overall takeaways from the survey: - There is global support for equal rights, but... »
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... »
It’s the End of Men as We Know It
Hanna Rosin has written an interesting and complex article at The Atlantic titled, “The End of Men.” Citing the recent shift in the national payroll – more women are reporting to work than men, and the fact that two women per every one man are graduating college, Rosin asks, “what if equality is at... »
Missing: Women in Politics
Check out the latest data from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) on the number of women in government worldwide. Just 18.9 percent of all elected leaders in both upper and lower parliamentary branches combined (House and Senate for example) are women. That’s correct, less than twenty percent of the world leaders (where data is available)... »
Is Elena Kagan a Careerist?
“She seems to be smart, impressive and honest — and in her willingness to suppress so much of her mind for the sake of her career, kind of disturbing.” So wrote New York Times op-ed columnist David Brooks about President Obama’s Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. Kagan is a tough nut for the media... »
Pay Attention to Mass Senate Race
Ladies, it’s time to pay attention to the special election in Massachusetts to fill Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat, no matter where you live. When voters go to the polls next week, January 19, women everywhere stand to either gain or lose a lot. Democratic nominee and Attorney General Martha Coakley is running against Republican... »
The Op-Ed Project
MediaBistro is reporting Dana Milbank will become the Washington Post’s newest Sunday Op-Ed columnist. Milbank, you may know, is infamous for his “Mouthpiece Theatre” sketch about the Obama beer summit following an incident with Harvard professor Henry Gates and Cambridge, Mass. police last summer. The Washington Post pulled the video after it drew criticism from Women... »
Steakhouse Settles Sex Discrimination Suit
Why couldn’t it have been the Ninety Nine? Every summer while on vacation, my husband and I go out to dinner with another couple. Every year I offer a long list of suggestions – waterfront restaurants where the food is marginal and overpriced but the setting is beautiful. And every year, we eat at the... »
A Long Way from Equal
I was complaining to my father after learning a male coworker made more money than me despite the fact I was on the management team and my coworker was not. My father responded, “I didn’t think women had to deal with that anymore. I thought women were treated as equals these days.” I’ll spare... »
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