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Worth-less Women

November 29, 2018 Comments Off on Worth-less Women

Remember all those reports about women making 70 – 80 cents less per hour than men doing the same job? Those were short-term reports. The gap is even larger, according to a 15-year study by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research. They say it’s actually 49 cents for every dollar a man makes in the same job.

Yes, there are laws that are supposed to secure pay equity. But they’re being ignored or circumvented by such devices as hiring two people to do the same job yet giving the man one title and the woman another title.

That gap really affects families and children, because half of the people in the workforce are women. If you’re a single mom, that hurts. If you’re a two-salary family out of necessity, that hurts. If you’re a child in either situation, that hurts.

This, then, is more than an economic or fairness issue–although it’s decidedly both.  It’s also a human issue, one that puts women and children, and even men, on the edge of financial disaster and out on the streets.

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Women, Sex, and Photos

July 25, 2018 Comments Off on Women, Sex, and Photos

Someone please explain the facts of life to me. Whether it’s news or a Hollywood event, there’s a big difference in how men and women are photographed. The cameras will capture a male through a full-body shot and move forward to his upper body, often including his arm around a woman and a bright smile.  Photos of women are different, though. They  often start at the feet and move slowly up the body, capturing legs, butt, and boobs.

Maybe we’re just being shown the lovely/extravagant/outrageous dress the woman is wearing. But the men don’t always wear conservative business suits. Maybe it’s because the women strike model-poses that emphasize their figure. But the men strike manly poses and do manly things, like encircling their “arm candy.”  Could it be that the women enjoy the attention more than men?  Come on…we’re talking prominent people who earn a living based largely on their looks.

It’s time for camera-people to start at the men’s shoes and work slowly up, panning slowly past the crouch and up past the trim belly and tight butt and up to the $500 haircut.

No, I guess not, because that might be considered obscene.

 

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How to Add $513 Billion to Our Economy

April 4, 2017 Comments Off on How to Add $513 Billion to Our Economy

$513 B could flow into our economy if women earned as much pay as men, says the Institute for Women’s Policy Research.  That’s a number that should stick in the minds even of CEOs who hire women because, as one of them (Evan Thornley, multimillionaire and co-founder of online advertising company LookSmart) says, “Women [are] like men, only cheaper.”

Today is Equal Pay Day.  True, the actual day is a projected guess, since it’s based on averages from the census data, which isn’t available soon enough to set a specific real date.  Also true, the amount is based on average earnings of all full-time workers, not comparing specific  job to specific job.  So it isn’t perfect statistically.

However, it’s a symbol that points up a problem in our economy: women overall earn less than men.  If CEOs paid their women workers the same as they do men for the same job, if women didn’t get only 79.6 cents for every dollar a man makes, if working mothers weren’t limited in their hiring possibilities because of employer fears of their taking off too much time for family, if men didn’t dominate corporate Boards, if, if, if….

The answer to those “ifs” is less poverty among women and children and a more vibrant economy for us all.

By the way, if you support  equal pay, the American Association of University Women asks you to wear red today.

 

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Why MEN Should Have a Baby Every Two Years

December 20, 2016 Comments Off on Why MEN Should Have a Baby Every Two Years

Did you hear about the European study showing that pregnancy altars a woman’s mind for at least two years?  No, not making her crazy, as you might expect.

“The results showed a clear distinction between the first-time mothers and all the other participants – including the new fathers – with a reduction in the mothers’ grey matter volume in the medial frontal and posterior cortex, in addition to the prefrontal and temporal cortex.

“As the researchers explain, these regions of the brain are all involved with social processes such as feelings of empathy and the ability to understand others – what is sometimes referred to as the ‘theory of mind‘.”  (Science Alert article)

The “theory of mind” is a philosophical and psychological term relating to a person’s being able to understand other people’s emotions and mental state, recognizing that each individual is unique in their outlooks, perspectives, and motives.  It’s how we recognize others as human beings and learn to get along with them.

Follow my logic here:  It’s mostly men who run the world as heads of state and military organizations.  If they experienced pregnancy every two years, could world peace be within our grasp?

 

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In Their Honor: Pause at 3 P.M.

May 30, 2016 Comments Off on In Their Honor: Pause at 3 P.M.

Today, at 3:00 P.M., people will be pausing for a silent moment to honor those who have lost their lives in military service.  Amtrack trains will blow their whistles in tribute.  And others will find a way to honor our lost military men and women who died in service to our country and to us.

3:00 P.M.  Join in.  It’s the least we can do.

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Men vs. Women–Take Heart

February 5, 2016 Comments Off on Men vs. Women–Take Heart

As we all know, men are different from women.  It’s important to remember that one of those differences is in how men and women experience a heart attack.  Today, which is National Wear Red Day to promote heart-attack-awareness for women, it’s appropriate to post a reminder of what the American Heart Assn. says are women’s symptoms, with a note about men’s:

Symptoms of a heart attack:

  • Uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain in the center of your chest that lasts more than a few minutes, or goes away and comes back.
  • Pain or discomfort in one or both arms, the back, neck, jaw or stomach.
  • Shortness of breath, with or without chest discomfort.
  • Other signs such as breaking out in a cold sweat, nausea or lightheadedness.

As with men, the most common heart attack symptom in women is chest pain or discomfort. But it’s important to note that women are more likely to experience the other common symptoms, particularly shortness of breath, nausea/vomiting and back or jaw pain.

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Companies Giving Women the Cold Shoulder

August 5, 2015 Comments Off on Companies Giving Women the Cold Shoulder

If you’re a woman grabbing a parka in the office during August, you aren’t crazy…or having cold flashes.  A study from the Netherlands showed that you’re cold for a reason: the AC is set for the comfort of men who wear suits (sometimes 3-piece) all year and whose metabolism runs warmer than women’s.

Women prefer the room temperature at about 77 degrees, while men prefer it at less than 72 degrees.  The U.S. government suggests setting thermostats at between 69 and 73 degrees F.

So, unless you meet the standards (set in the 60s and 70s) of a man who is age 40 and weighs 154 pounds, plan to experience chilliness coming not just from a disapproving boss.  And keep a coat handy.

 

 

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Women Soccer Champs Not Worth Much

July 7, 2015 2 comments

If your team wins the World’s Cup once–or even three times (more than any other country in the world)–what can you expect to earn?  A lot if you’re a man, not so much if you’re a woman.

Last year, the U.S. men’s soccer team, who lost, earned $9 million; this year’s winning women will get $2 million.  The average salary for these players is $305,000 for men and $14,000 for women.  And the prize for winning the World Cup?  $576 million for men and $15 million for women.

Why the difference?  I think it’s the way the world values women, as summed up by a tweet (now taken down) by England’s Soccer Federation, that their soccer team can now “go back to being mothers, partners and daughters.”

But I’m more concerned about attitudes in my own country, the U.S., including the ones that say that women, no matter how accomplished or hard-working, are worth less than men.

 

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Women Deserve to be Paid Less than Men

April 28, 2014 Comments Off on Women Deserve to be Paid Less than Men

Women are just lazier than men. That’s the argument New Hampshire State Rep. Will Infantine makes for higher pay for men.  He calls the pay gap “justified” because men willingly do riskier jobs and work more hours.  Read more about this at the Huffington Post.

If you think there’s any truth to what he claims, you can read the report by the American Association of University Women, “Graduating to a Pay Gap.” It looks at men and women a year after graduating from college with the same major and accounts for other factors that might affect the results. That 7% pay gap is still there.

 

 

 

 

 

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