Conversations with women in Eugene,California and Pennsylvania reveal similar attitudes in embracing traditional child-rearing rolls. Most of the women believe that men do not have the same standards of housework and ” taking care of things” that women do. Topic: Should the Obama administration work to eliminate pay inequality for women? Category: Citizen/interviews Interviews between [...]
Women Keeping Their Jobs Despite Layoffs
NPR radio story covering the recession trend of men losing their jobs at a faster rate than women. This is putting many of the nation’s women in the role of sole breadwinner.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100410458 Topic: Should the Obama administration work to eliminate pay inequality for women? Category: Multimedia/radio Title: Women Keeping Their Jobs Despite Layoffs Publication Information: [...]
The Arguement
My question is, should the Obama administration work to eliminate pay inequality? My answer is absolutely yes, and there have been movements toward that goal already with the signing of the Lilly Ledbetter Bill in January. One bill will not erase the history women have with inequalities. Women were meant to stay home and raise [...]
Teach Your Children
Interview with Laura Boyd, of Garberville,Ca , mother of three. Ms. Boyd has recently completed writing her first novel, and reveals that she did not have the “psychic space” to do her work while her children were little. Now aged eleven and eight, her children are not as ” needy” and she has the opportunity [...]
Local Economist Believes Women Shouldn’t Be Punished For Having Babies
Interview with Professor Ryan Herzog of the University of Oregon clarifies that a majority of the pay differential between men and women is due to the fields of work they are in.Men typically have jobs in higher paying fields such as business and finance and women choose more humanity- oriented professions. Topic:Should the Obama administration [...]
Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home
Pamela Stone’s Opting Out? Why Women Really Quit Careers and Head Home is an in-depth look into women with advanced degrees and high-paying jobs that choose to leave their careers and become full-time moms. These women have become a widely recognized cultural type named “the new traditionalists.” Stone’s research looks into the causes behind this [...]
Women and Propaganda
This is a clip from the 1943 United States Government propaganda film to get women in the workforce to replace men who had gone off to war. The government promises women equal pay for equal work back then, and day care for those with children. Topic: Should the Obama administration work to eliminate pay inequality? [...]
Fair Pay Law Strikes A Blow For Equal Pay
National Public Radio story about Lilly Ledbetter finally achieving victory not only for herself, but for the nation’s women to receive pay retributions.Interview with Lilly included , highly effective hearing her voice. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=99995431 Topic: Should the Obama administration work to eliminate pay inequality? Category:Multimedia/Journalistic, radio broadcast Title: Fair Pay Law Strikes A Blow For Equal [...]
Women Are Teachable
Image from a possibly 40′s era document called “Women Are Teachable” obviously written for male supervisors, with a very “patronizing” attitude toward women employees.http://mildcolonialboy.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/womenareteachable2.jpg Topic: Should the Obama administration work to eliminate pay inequality for women? Category: Image Title: Women Are Teachable Publication Information: I came across this gem doing a Google Image search, which [...]
What Kind Of Economic Stimulus Do American Women Want?
In this article, Ruth Rosen claims that women remain pawns in the struggle between political parties. Many thinking women wonder where the jobs are for women in the stimulus planning, pushing for spending on healthcare and education over roads and bridges.http://www.alternet.org/reproductivejustice/127613/what_kind_of_economic_stimulus_do_american_women_want/?page=entire Topic: Should the Obama administration work to eliminate pay inequality for women? Category: Academic/Article [...]
