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- Katie, as much as I admire you, I am goin to have to comment on what you said about government still having trouble with sexism issues. I somewhat agree with what you are saying here, I mean I see where you are coming from, but as a reporter taking such an opiniative position is sort of risky; what I would recomend instead would be to encourage women to step up and and show everyone that we are as capable as men to pursue any position in government as well as in other competitive fields.
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- joycewest,
Child care benefits? Whatever happened to parents being responsible for their own children? There are some things that should never change. If both parents working means that children are to be raised by someone other than the parents, then there is a severe problem. It might sound old-fashioned, but if the old way works, leave it alone.
By the way, this quota Rwanda imposes on its Parliament and these fabulous child-care benefits Sweden provides have sure done a lot to advance those nations on the world's scene. Would people (including Ms. Couric) please quit using other nations, especially waste-of-time nations like these, as some sort of useless standard by which we should judge our own nation. When Rwanda or Sweden can honestly and justifiably take the title of 'the greatest nation on earth' away from the U.S., maybe then we can idolize them as beacons of hope in an old-fashioned USA, but until then let's find some Better Standard by which to judge ourselves. - Reply to this comment
- I got to thinking after reading your post about why is it that women are not in positions of power in this country in greater numbers. I felt instinctively that Sweden has greater female representation in politics because of its very generous child care benefits. However, I was curious about Rwanda, and in the little research I did I was intrigued to find out that Rwandan law -- since 2003 I believe -- requires a third of its Parliament to be female. Beyond that, initiatives there focus on the role women played and continue to play in helping the country rebuild after the genocide. The background here is actually very interesting for those who want to look beyond stereotyping. Back to the U.S., I think lack of help with caregiving hinders women to some extent. However, clearly Rwanda shows how the caregiving role can be the impetus to get into politics.
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- Katie,
When you say "deserve" what are you emplying? Should we just hand over elected positions in congress or turn over CEO positions to women just because they are women? No, our country grants all sexes the oppurtunity to serve as our representatives and elected officals. If you want more women in Congress should you not be encouraging women to vote for women (if 51% of the population is made up of women then you should be good to go). Frankly it does not matter to me if it is a man or a woman that represents myself and my country, just ensure they have my best intrests in mind and are not on some personal mission to set their agendas into motion. Take a look at your progression as a professional. Would you be satisfied if you did not earn your role as a leader in the media industry through hard work and great talent? I think you would not be happy if you were just handed your position due to your ability to wear a "skirt". Oh, in the future please due not ever compare my Great Nation to Rwanda or Sweden, that is an insult. - Reply to this comment
- Katie asks, "Don%u2019t more women deserve a place at the table too?" The answer is yes; however, the "womens's rights groups" are more focused on abortion, lesbian rights, anti-war, environment and far left ideology. Take a look at the NOW.ORG front page and you find nothing about education other than an ad for NOW on campus. Unless you espouse to their left wing agenda you are not a true feminist or whatever tag they want to place on an individual.
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- What does it matter about the demographics? This is America, and there are plenty of other careers available to women. Did you ever think that just maybe women dont want a career such as yours? Maybe they want to be at home more, maybe they just want a private life with family... maybe they want to stay at home with the kids. Remember, Katie, this is the USA.. not all females want what you have.
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- To reach Katie's goal would require quotas everywhere. Quotas are people telling other people what to do. Bad idea. Imbalances by race and gender exist everywhere....athletics, science, and so on. Freedom first. Social tinkering last, if ever at all.
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- So Katie--who, in addition to you, wearing a skirt, should have been included at the table...and who among that august group should have been replaced by someone wearing a skirt?
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- So which woman or women who were supposed to be there were excluded? Perhaps Ms. Couric would have been satisfied had a few women been selected at random from the Washington phone book and invited to attend. This identity group political movement has grown very tiring, and those who still subscribe to it come off as extremely vaccuous for adhering to it.
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- As long as the premiere female woman in mainstream news continues to make such cliche statements as this for women... "it%u2019s still thrilling%u2014and even a little awe-inspiring%u2014to get %u201Cbriefed%u201D at the White House, no matter who is sitting in the Oval Office.", don't expect things to get better.
Yes, the characature of many female managers being particularly more defensive and standoffish with female coworkers is true. Yes, the catty, "just HAVE to get it in there" comment by women is true. And, yes, there IS a reason why there were more men at that table. - Reply to this comment
