Embraceambition.org - A Refreshing Change
I saw the following ad on Fox Business this AM and thought, "Wow! What a refreshing change!"
http://www.toryburchfoundation.org/em...
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http://www.toryburchfoundation.org/em...
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SOURCE URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBRb3aIsUFQ
At my final "counseling" in high school, my new counselor wasn't looking at me when I walked in the room, he was reading my scores. "Wow, you've really got excellent math and science scores and your other grade are stellar, you'd be exceptional in an engineering career". Then he looked up and said "Oh, you're a girl. Well, there's still some nice jobs women are qualified for."
I was also one of the first women technicians at IBM in Chicago in the 70's. When I was in training, I watched myself work through a "desire to fail" because I was competing against and constantly outscoring all of the other 65 men on all the tests.
Not much has changed since then, especially when you consider that both the environmental movement AND libertarians are some of the most chauvinistic people I have ever met. We won't even mention the religious folks like mormons and muslims.
It's not racism, it's not sexism. It's the inability to understand that intelligence isn't based on body parts or color.
If women had not been "incapable" for thousands of years (it means "with power" - it does NOT mean incompetent) it's possible we would be in an entirely different place. Women have only been allowed "in the game" for less than 75 years and "full participation" did not come with the vote....we're still waiting.
Women query, examine and then bludgeon last. Men bludgeon first and then may ask questions later if needed. And apparently there are still enough stupid women who value being liked and admired over being free to keep us second class for a while yet.
Does the "inability" come from refusal that stems from irrational? Me concludes so!
"...women who value being liked and admired over being free..."
They need to learn that being liked and admired [and loved] and being free are not mutually exclusive.
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You forget I went through school myself I have two daughters I have seen this in an action my entire life. Try peddling this silliness to somebody else. Girls always did better in school when I was a kid they're better behaved and they are more compliant. They do what the teachers say and the female teachers are comfortable with them. It's not so shocking that they do better in school ....who would have thunk it......doing what the teacher says, being quiet and studying actually works out for them, cuz that's what they mostly did.
I doubt anyone will call her a misandrist although her action is no different than a man funding a program to help men and not women.
I understand your original response to it, jb, but experience has taught me not to believe a word coming from the mouth(s) of Medusa.
- Samuel Adams
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What they really want is for your employer to give your job to a woman because she is a woman, not because she is better qualified. You must be able to read between the lines. When actors speak, consider their actions more than their words. They lie for a living.