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Douching and Flirting the Wage Gap Away
Still earning .23 cents less than your male counterparts? Don’t fret. Getting ahead at work has never been easier. Just douche. Or flirt. Or douche then flirt. Summer’s Eve® Feminine Wash is full of advice for women looking for a raise. In a promotional piece in the current issue of Woman’s Day, the personal... »
Have You Heard Women Make Bad Bosses?
I didn’t want to do this, but here it is: my personal boss scorecard. Boss 1. Male Irrational and unethical. Oh, the stories I could tell. Boss 2. Female She rocked. Boss 3. Female Demanding, micromanager who was smart as hell and taught me volumes. Boss 4. Male Great guy. I’d work for him... »
Kagan Approved; Brings Critical Mass to Supreme Court
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’s appointment, women have... »
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... »
How Wall Street Can (and Why it Should) Earn Women’s Trust
According to the latest results of the “Financial Experience & Behaviors Among Women 2010−2011 Prudential Research Study” 95 percent of women are involved in financial decision-making and 25 percent are the sole financial decision-makers in their households. Prudential surveyed 1,250 women in the U.S. who are between the ages of 25-64 who are sole... »
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... »
Dinosaur Discovered in Boston
Dinosaurs are not extinct. They still roam the Earth – here in Boston. I know. I met one. Last week, looking for some business advice, I sought counsel from a non-profit organization dedicated to helping women entrepreneurs. The advisor with whom I met tried his best to look like a distinguished businessman but I... »
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... »
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