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Originally Posted by jblum315

Maybe the ladies of the early 1900s looked very feminine but they also conveyed the look of helplessness. Imagine trying to walk, move, eat, even breathe with the corsets they had to wear. and God forbid anyone should glimpse an ankle or even mention the word leg in public. Even pianos had limbs rather than legs.

Hi jblum: Perhaps their is merit to your claims but my readings over the years on this area explained women in general could cut with refinement.

However lets view what women wear today some indeed fashionable but many especially the young look as though they belong in a red light district. And if you follow some they act like that is where belong. Further consider that while women in the 1900's wore corsets to slim the waist women today some women today are down to 100 calorie diets..what's changed?

Today more women run major corporations, more women than men attend college and the wage gap myth is a political ploy.

However most of this is beside the point. My original post was strictly about the offensive use of the b word. Is it any wonder why some women get slapped around something I consider very cowardly.

The women in my life have all been very strong never submissive. However they tended to compliment rather than compete with their men. Sometimes they lead and sometimes they followed. From the day I met my wife (freshman in high school) we have worked together in harmony to build a life for ourselves and our families and I bet that most people have done the same but it always seems the more outrageous get the attention

Feminist claim that women fought to do with their bodies as they pleased and I wonder why a woman would choose to abuse her body, her spirituality and her self worth by being promiscuous? I also believe the same about a man and wonder why men brag about their many conquest. I mean alley dogs can do that.

[Taltarzac725]

What You're Really Saying When You Call Me a Bitch ? Everyday Feminism

I do not use swear words very often unless on a Freeway and cut off by someone and alone.

I was trained in librarianship which is still mainly a female profession so I suppose I approach things a little differently. Except for a way of releasing stress I have not found much use for swear words especially in the work setting. And "Bitch" is one of those I would very much stir away from using along with the "C" word which rarely even enters my mind.

[pbkmaine]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

I have never had cause to feel anything but equal in my whole life. Our daughter and granddaughter seem to feel the same.

I never needed to prove anything, I felt that nothing held me back from doing anything I set my mind to do. My family didn't have any paterfamilias thing going on. My grandmother was one of the first to drive a car she said. She was a midwife and a really strong and kind woman. My husband has always been supportive of anything I did.

The examples you have in your life are so important. My mother always kept the family budget, so I grew up thinking that knowing how to use money wisely was important. My father pushed me to excel, with the idea that there were no limits to what I could achieve. Both of them encouraged me to get my MBA. My husband has been my biggest cheerleader since then.

What if I hadn't had that? What if I had been taught to believe that my only value was in my body? How different would my life have been?

[Buffalo Jim]

When is the parade and the " Teach-In / Protest Rally " ?

Will those 1970 `s activists now retired come out and march and burn their brassieres again?
I don`t want to miss it !

[Barefoot]

Originally Posted by Buffalo Jim

Will those 1970 `s activists now retired come out and march and burn their brassieres again? I don`t want to miss it !

Oh, you may want to give it a miss.
It might hurt your eyeballs.

[njbchbum]

Originally Posted by redwitch

You're right, the difference is no longer 77 percent, but there is still a gap -- women still at about 93 cents to the U.S. male's dollar. On Equal Pay Day, key facts about the gender pay gap | Pew Research Center

The Awful Truth Behind The Gender Pay Gap - Forbes

In some white collar professions, the gap is still huge: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/up...abt=0002&abg=0

Not only not equal in some professions - even in the White House I hear!

What is that $0.07 difference due to? Does anyone know for sure? Or could it be due to the fact that many women do not have the same length of service where they work in the same job as a man? Do the people who calculate that statistic even take into consideration the difference/likeness in length of service of the male/female salaries being measured?

[Buffalo Jim]

Senior management positions begin with an MBA and best if it is from one of the top 10 Business Schools . For several years I recruited MBAs from the best Business Schools in the country .
The number of male MBA students outnumbered the number of Female MBA students by 10 to 1 . You have to be in the game to win at the game .
In my 35 years as a manager it was common practice to pay men and women employees at the same level and experience the same pay . I never experienced it any other way .
The same experience , the same qualifications the same responsibilities meant the same pay . And you can bet that it was closely monitored by HR and even Audited to ensure that this was practiced regardless of what company I happened to be working for .
So where is this issue coming from today ? What segment of the economy ? What type of jobs ?