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 [...]
