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		<title>What Wal-Mart Ruling Means for Women</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/06/what-wal-mart-ruling-means-for-women/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 03:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I kept quiet when my coworker came into my office to fix my heater and told me, “I can keep you warm.” I ignored it when the guys in the warehouse whistled when I went to the soda machine near the loading dock. (I did ask HR to take down the sign on the vending machine someone had posted that said, “I am owed .69 cents.”) I merely scowled at the warehouse worker who asked me to step aside when I was lifting boxes one day. “I’m working here Sweetie,” he said. I didn’t complain the time one of my coworkers took a pocketknife out of my hands while I was dismantling a tradeshow display. “Girls shouldn’t use knives. They could get hurt,” he said. But I gloated when he sliced his finger a few minutes later. I did comment when one of the salesmen sent me flowers for Secretary’s Day – I was a Vice President. But the CEO and HR Director told me they just didn’t see any issue. I felt defeated after another sales guy told me how I could touch him, and used hand gestures to illustrate his point. I left when he was promoted to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walmart Gender Discrimination Suit Update</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2011/04/walmart-gender-discrimination-suit-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 10:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The class action gender discrimination suit against Walmart, which had been given a green light by a federal judge and a federal appeals court, could be losing steam in the Supreme Court. Lawyers for the plaintiffs must prove Walmart had an unlawful policy that led to the discrimination. The UPI explained the challenge they face in trying to prove the class has merit, “The basic claim in the suit is that Walmart maintains a common culture &#8212; &#8220;the Walmart Way&#8221; &#8212; to ensure uniformity in its 3,400 stores … but the corporate headquarters gives local store managers unlimited discretion to decide pay and promotions &#8212; resulting in lower pay and fewer promotions for women.” Many close to the case and present in the courtroom said the justices seem divided down gender lines with Justices Sotamayor, Ginsburg and Kagan revealing support for the case in their line of questioning. The St. Petersburg Times reported, “ Ginsburg, who made her legal reputation in sex-discrimination law, said WalMart&#8217;s experience shows how &#8220;gender bias can creep&#8221; into the workplace. It isn&#8217;t &#8220;at all complicated,&#8221; she said. &#8220;Most people prefer themselves. And so a decisionmaker, all other things being equal, would prefer someone who looked like him.&#8221; The case [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2010 Political Review (Slideshow)</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/12/2010-politics-in-pictures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a look back at just a few of the political stories we were talking about in 2010. What do you think 2011 will bring?]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Gifts of 2010</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/12/the-best-gifts-of-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2010 12:51:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just like it&#8217;s happened the last few years, it&#8217;s Labor Day and then all of a sudden it&#8217;s just a few days until Christmas. And I have errands I never ran, an attic full of unwrapped Santa toys (translation: an all-nighter ahead of me), a list of home improvements I wish we had made before hosting the family party, a few more gifts I should have bought, and I&#8217;m panicked there won&#8217;t be enough food or wine (even though there always is). And so, like I do every year, I say, &#8220;To hell with it all, that&#8217;s not the point anyway,&#8221; and I make a list of all that is good, in order to reconnect with my Christmas spirit. And here at Hello Ladies, we have received many gifts this year. Allow us to share them with you. The Best Gifts of 2010 Don’t Ask Don’t Tell was repealed bringing hope to people fighting for equality of all kinds everywhere. Elena Kagan became a Supreme Court Justice, bringing a critical mass of women to the highest court. Jill Miller Zimon, the writer behind the blog, Write Like She Talks, took office as a City Council Member in Pepper Pike Ohio. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kagan Approved; Brings Critical Mass to Supreme Court</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/08/kagan-approved-brings-critical-mass-to-supreme-court/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2010/08/kagan-approved-brings-critical-mass-to-supreme-court/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 19:51:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate voted today to send Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court. Kagan is only the fourth female justice, out of 111 total, in the history of the Supreme Court and is now one of three women currently on the bench joining Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Sonia Sotamayor. With Kagan&#8217;s appointment, women have now reached critical mass on the Supreme Court. Critical mass is explained in the White House Project Report &#8220;Benchmarking Women&#8217;s Leadership&#8221; as, &#8220;an idea that has moved from science and sociology to political science and into popular usage over the last 30 years. The concept is borrowed from nuclear physics:  it refers to the quantity needed to start a chain reaction, an irreversible propulsion into a new situation or process.&#8221; When women reach critical mass in senior leadership positions, many organizational experts believe the perception of those women shifts from token representation or special interest to fully integrated  members of the group. Kagan&#8217;s appointment could be a boost for female lawyers. The legal sector is far from reaching critical mass. Despite the fact more women than men are obtaining law degrees, men outnumber women partners in private firms significantly. According to a new report, &#8220;New Millennium, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nagging Doesn&#8217;t Kill</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/06/nagging-doesnt-kill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, the Bangor Daily News ran this headline, &#8220;Police affidavit: Brooks man shot wife over nagging&#8221; to accompany a story about a man who shot and killed his wife because he said she was nagging him. In researching the story, I entered &#8220;kill nagging wife&#8221; in Google and was shocked how many similar stories I found. According to this article from The Telegraph, up until 2008 barristers in the UK used persistent nagging as a defense tactic in domestic violence cases. A story in the Orange County Local News Network earlier this year covered the trial of a man whose lawyers say &#8220;accidently&#8221; choked his mother to death. Why? She nagged him. And then I found this radio clip from an Opie &#38; Anthony radio show. It is several years old and WARNING it is offensive and disturbing. While discussing a news story about a man who ran over his nagging wife, the shock jocks laugh and say, &#8220;How great is that?&#8221; Let&#8217;s be clear. Nagging didn&#8217;t kill any of the women mentioned. Violent, abusive men killed them. And let&#8217;s remember that fact as the gun lobbyists ready a fight against the ban on guns for domestic violence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>News from Around the Web</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/06/news-from-around-the-web/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 17:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We partied like 6 year old rock stars this weekend (mini-golf, bumper boats, birthday party, beach and boogie boards) and now we are dragging. We&#8217;ll be back tomorrow with some thoughts on the Census Bureau data that reveals more women are choosing not to have children. In the meantime, here are a few interesting stories and tidbits from around the web: The Senate Judiciary Committee begins confirmation hearings today for Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan. If confirmed, Kagan will be the fourth women to sit on the high court and it will be the first time there we have a critical mass of women on the bench. To help you follow the hearings, The National Women&#8217;s Law Center has published &#8220;The Thinking Women’s Guide to the Supreme Court Hearings.&#8221; West Virginia&#8217;s Robert Byrd, the longest serving member of the Senate, passed away today at the age of 92. Speculation has begun as to whether or not his passing will affect the Democrat&#8217;s financial reform bill and even the Kagan hearings. From CBS, &#8220;Ten Angry Women Stop One Peeping Tom, Say Tenn. Cops&#8221; According to police in Church Hill, Tenn. A group of women prevented a suspected peeper from leaving a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Motherhood: the key to your career</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/05/motherhood-the-key-to-your-career/</link>
		<comments>http://helloladies.com/2010/05/motherhood-the-key-to-your-career/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 19:21:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, I definitely missed a memo. Apparently, motherhood is now an asset for working women. Who knew? I spent years in the office downplaying my life as a mother for fear I would be exiled to The Mommy Track, never to get a promotion again. Apparently I should have flaunted the fact I had children.  After all, critics are saying the problem with Elena Kagan, President Obama&#8217;s Supreme Court nominee, is that she is not a mother.   I wanted to write in depth on this topic today. However, I am a working mother and I was up all night with my sick 5 year old. My daughter and I finally fell asleep around  5:15 this morning but then my son woke me up at 8:15 so he could give me a kiss before he went to school. And now, I am too tired to write a coherent sentence. Want to hire me? So instead, I have complied some of the recent stories on Kagan and motherhood. What do you think? Oh, and if there is a mother out there who actually had eight hours of sleep, can you answer this question for me: If Kagan isn&#8217;t qualified to rule [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Who is Elena Kagan?</title>
		<link>http://helloladies.com/2010/05/who-is-elena-kagan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 14:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hello Ladies</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Elena Kagan is the current Solicitor General. President Obama is expected to announce this morning that she is his pick to replace Justice John Paul Stevens who is retiring from the Supreme Court. Here&#8217;s what we know about Elena Kagan: -          As Solicitor General she conducts all litigation on behalf of the United States in the Supreme Court -          She has never served as a judge -          She was the first woman Dean of Harvard Law School -          While at Harvard Law she banned military recruiters from campus because of the discriminatory &#8220;don&#8217;t ask, don&#8217;t tell&#8221; policy -          Also at Harvard Law, she hired 32 tenured and tenure-track hires, but only one was a minority and only seven were women; four out of every five hires were white men -          She worked in the Clinton administration as a domestic policy aide -          She clerked  for  Justice Thurgood Marshall -          She has a bachelor&#8217;s degree from Princeton, a master&#8217;s degree from Oxford and a law degree from Harvard -          She is 50 years old and would be the youngest member of the Supreme Court. No doubt the media will have much more to say about her in the next few weeks [...]]]></description>
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