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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Fair Pay For Trial Lawyers?
Article appearing in Men’s News Daily by Marshall Rockford Goodman claims the Ledbetter Act gives “a largely immoral,if not sociopathic, group of attorneys another license to steal from companies.” Mr. Goodman also believes the act ” appeals to women’s inculcated sense of oppression.”http://mensnewsdaily.com/x/2009/02/16/so-called-women%E2%80%99s-fair-pay-act-a-payback-to-trial-lawyers/ Topic; Should the Obama administration work to eliminate pay inequality for women? [...]
The Truth About The Pay Gap
The article,” The Truth About the Pay Gap, Feminist Politics and Bad Economics” by Steve Chapman, states Equal Pay Day is named for something that does not exist. Chapman believes the difference in career paths between men and women may reflect a basic unfairness of what is expected of women, however, he believes current claims [...]
Women Have Come A Long Way, The Family Picture Is Less Bright
This article states that women are poised to outnumber men in the labor force because of the deep recession the nation is experiencing. Author Dalton Conley believes policy needs to address the widening income gap among families, as higher paying jobs are more likely to have women at work than lower paying ones that do [...]
