RE: The reemerging of feminism in politics
June 8, 2013 at 6:20 pm
(This post was last modified: June 8, 2013 at 6:24 pm by Tiberius.)
(June 8, 2013 at 3:43 pm)Savannahw Wrote: Personally I think that modern Feminism is important. I don't think that woman are being discriminated against as a whole, but there are pockets. It is important to fight for those right in those pockets. I would like to also point out that in those pockets it is not just women who are discriminated against.I really hope you didn't mean "modern Feminism", because the "modern feminists" seem to me to be the ones focusing on making a fuss about nothing rather than about something. They make ridiculous claims like "all men are potential rapists" without accepting the reality of woman-on-man rape, and refuse to accept that the "gender gap" in wages isn't as prominent when you consider the fact that a lot of women take time out of the workforce to raise children.
Feminism, as in, a movement for the equal treatment of women in society and under the law, is a noble and just goal. However, that is the old version of feminism, and it bears almost no resemblance to the modern feminism that is so vocal today. Old feminism is something I can support; modern feminism is not. They lie, they accuse, and they insult people who have done absolutely nothing wrong.
(June 8, 2013 at 6:20 pm)Minimalist Wrote:There are reasons for this other than "men hate women and keep them from succeeding". Yes, there may be some sexism still in the workplace, but there are other more important reasons to consider, like the fact that most women choose educational subjects which do not provide much of a career afterwards, or take time out of their work to raise children, putting them behind the men who continue to advance up the corporate ladder as it were.Quote:Top leadership at Arizona’s publicly traded companies remains largely an all-male club, even after a year marked by notable advances by female executives.
Female CEOs now run two Arizona-based public companies, up from one, and more women are joining the ranks of the state’s highest-paid business leaders.
About 60 percent of Arizona corporations report that their five or so highest-paid positions are filled by men, although larger public companies are more likely to have a senior woman in their executive ranks.