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By: The New Agenda » Blog Archive » Can’t We Have A Ceasefire in the Mommy Wars?

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 02:46:00 +0000

[...] of elected officials in the U.S. (In this respect, by the way, our country ranks an embarrassing 71st in the world.) And women who identify as feminists have their problems too. If you read histories [...]

By: AnneE

AnneE — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 21:09:57 +0000

Some of these countries that are ahead of us on this list we would not wish to emulate. That being said, I am not sure that many people are aware of how limited the progress is that women have made in the United State. It is almost as if we were told, “here’s the vote, now shut-up and leave us alone.” I am pretty sure that most social ills could be mitigated if more women were in positions of power, not because we are morally superior, but because we view things differently. You need to be able to think out of the box and collect different views to solve issues. The more options a society has, the better choices it can make.

By: marille

marille — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 13:39:37 +0000

Anna Belle, good for Switzerland. However, in Germany women got the vote passive and active after WWI (the passive vote was taken during Hitler’s regime) and the highest number of representation was in the Weimarer Republic. It went down from then on until the 70ies when the green party gave the odd number positions to females, the even number positions to men and drew immediately significant votes. That triggered the social democrats to give women better spots. The Christian party took even longer. Their corruption had to be found out and Chancellor Merkel was a savior for them coming from a pastor’s family from former East Germany, high ethical standards and no Stasi file.

By: MaryL

MaryL — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:00:29 +0000

This is a great list—nothing like a chart to drive home the point.
Have you sent it to Valerie Jarrett and the Women’s Council?

By: Stray Yellar Dawg

Stray Yellar Dawg — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:30:37 +0000

Wow! Even Moldova beats us? Purportedly one of the unhappiest places in the world…. and we can’t top them.

Sad state of affairs.

By: Anna Belle

Anna Belle — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:39:25 +0000

The sad thing here is that Switzerland, which only gave women the right to vote in 1971, is ranked 25th.

That right there tells us what a lie liberation in America is.

By: Nell

Nell — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 02:00:32 +0000

So it looks like only six countries in our world have a fairly representative government. The U.S., in my view, is still extremely misogynist in a majority of people, male and female alike. We need more women in Congress like Hilary was and most of the current ones (exception Pelosi). To act and behave as if they are equal to men and not playing games–and to be aggresively shocked when they are treated as subordinates.

By: donna darko

donna darko — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:23:22 +0000

The gender gap is greatest where power and resources are most concentrated. The US is/was the biggest superpower so the gender gap is great in the corporate world and in politics, e,g. the 2008 election and this chart. Power and resources are also most concentrated among whites in the U.S. so the wage gap bewteen white men and women is 30%, 20% for Asians and 10% of blacks and Latinos.

By: John Horning

John Horning — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:09:17 +0000

This transcends hypocrisy and we, collectively, make a mockery of ourselves.

By: Cynthia Ruccia

Cynthia Ruccia — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 22:37:17 +0000

when people hear this information they are truly shocked—-speechless even. They often respond with “how can this be?”

We ought to keep telling this story over and over again since it will take alot of time for it to sink in. The more we tell it, the more likely that people will vote for the women to right this wrong.

It’s just another example of the leadership void in the women’s movement….