What is it with Baby Boomer Women?
Kate Carruthers More food for thought from Ally about women, men & feminism … As Ally notes, “What too many women do not understand is just how privileged we truly are –…
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Strange thoughts on women & men …
According to Yvonne Roberts, society has not shaken off stereotypes of mothers, homemakers or tarts : “It is striking how a number of recent events have revealed the enduring power…
Women’s magazines
During my review of newstand women’s magazines it has become clear that there are only 3 things of interest to women: 1) looking sexy 2) food – both eating and…
More on Women, housework & the 21st century
My post the other day on this topic revealed my complete ignorance of house & home magazines (this deficiency in my reading was kindly pointed out in a recent comment).…
Women, housework & the 21st century
It is astonishing that many women in the west still seem to be obsessed with housework and cleaning in spite of the advances women have made in the past 100…
The great maternity leave debate
I do not have children, nor do I plan to reproduce – so I suppose you could say I have no skin in this particular game. But I’ve been thinking…
Men, Women and Lifestyle Choices
Women in the western world are actually very lucky in many ways. Now there are so many choices for women – education, full time career, part time work, family, no…
Family Friendly or Punishing the Childless?
One thing that the big focus nowadays on so-called ‘family friendly’ workplaces (including maternity/paternity/parental leave) has overlooked is that this excludes the many people who for various reasons do not…
Good post on women in security
There is an interesting commentary on women in security on www.oneeyedcrow.net “Okay, rant time. In quick succession, the subject of women in the security field has come up several times…
Women in technology – is it really as bad as they say?
There are a number of womens’ groups that I participate in, several of these are related to women in technology. The feeling seems to be that hardly any women are…