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Jackie Zehner, Member, Women Advisors Forum
Women are now over 50% of the US workforce, make the vast majority of consumer purchasing decisions, and buy trillions of dollars of investment product, yet, we are much more likely to be poor, are barely represented in most leadership roles, and according to the United Nations, one in three of us will be physically or sexually abused in our lifetime. In the United States women still earn approximately …

We’ve officially gone viral!
Yesterday, we launched the Social Media Release for our May 18th event, Mentor Up. Check it out here.
Then we asked a few women in the media to support our event by tweeting it.  And they ALL did!  Within hours, @kirstenpower10 (Kirsten Powers), @LisWiehl (Lis Wiehl), @ToTheContrary (Bonnie Erbe) tweeted #MentorUp.
Then our PR person’s server crashed.  Here’s why:  @ariannahuff (Arianna Huffington) tweeted her support to her over 600,000 followers:

Way cool!
Want to be part of the fun? Tweet http://pitch.pe/142284 with hashtag #MentorUp and follow our progress.
Next week, …

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As the mother of a fourth-grade girl with jaw-dropping mathematical prowess, I stand in terror of the coming onslaught of adolescent self-censorship.  Everyone "knows" that even (or perhaps especially) gifted girls drop math in favor of eating disorders and cutting in middle school, right?  

Is it true?

Not so much.  In recent years the math performance gap between boys and girls has disappeared.  In our nation's high schools, girls' scores on state standardized tests now …

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Steelers Quarterback Ben RoethlisbergerIn January 2011, Steelers Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger [photo] beat his third rape charge, this time in Georgia, because the investigating officer was more into posing for pictures with a big time NFL player than investigating the allegations. This article shows the shots and accounts for Roethlisberger’s known history for plying his young “bitches” with liquor and then having his bodyguards drag the inebriated girls into the back rooms of night clubs …

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2002 Spy Magazine Cover of Hillary Clinton entitled Hillary’s Big Secret. Image from WomenAmericans.com. Find out more about attacks on Hillary Clinton below the fold.Looking at the feeding frenzy that follows most political candidates, and the sexist hazing we saw aimed at women in 2008 and 2010, it is easy to understand why Governor Haley Barbour’s wife Marsha responded, “It horrifies me” when asked how she felt about the prospect of her husband running …

We’re 22 days away from Mentor Up:  A Vision for the Future of Mentoring and we can hardly wait!
Vajravarahi; Bhutan; 18th century on display at Rubin Museum of Art
Get ready for a night of camaraderie, laughter and fun!
OUR EXCITING PROGRAM:
After you tour the exhibits at the Rubin Museum of Art, prepare to be entertained:
* a humorous vignette on corporate miscues!
* welcome remarks by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand!
* sneak peak:  Searching for Sexism, episode 4 (The Evaporating Women)!
* our fabulous honorees:  Haley Kilpatrick and Jean Kilbourne!
* mentoring on Wall Street presented by …

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While most Americans became acquainted with Congresswoman Jackie Speier because of her revelation on the House floor — she had a medically necessary abortion, Californians have been aware of her devotion to public service for decades.  Speier’s long track record of flying under the radar is equaled only by her determination to speak for those who do not have the opportunity or power to speak for themselves.  While in California’s Assembly and Senate, she …

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Click on this cropped image to see the full list of comedy shows (David Letterman, etc.), from the Web site, Statette.tumblr.com.Question: What is Liberal Dude Nation and what does it look like?
Answer: Liberal Dude Nation is the encompassing collective of liberal men who do not represent women. Liberal Dude Nation can also be noted for their incessant belief that the best man for a job is… a man. And er, it looks pretty …

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Wednesday, Lisa Rosen of the LA Times penned an article entitled “Don’t Cross Them,” discussing the women cast in the very successful FX cable drama “Justified.”  The show features no less than six females, who, whether good, evil or in-between, are three-dimensional, capable and kick-ass in their own way.  It is refreshing that we are not seeing only the typical cookie cutter, twenty something pretty people. 

While the hero Raylan Givens’ ex-wife (Natalie Zea) is …

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Sexual assault and rape victimizes every one of every demographic in every country. Two-thirds of the men, women and children who fall victim to such horrors have some sort of relationship with their attackers, who use everything from violence to coercion to get the power they want. Many myths about both rape and sexual assault unfairly persist to this day, …