Want to become a CEO of a major company? Your chances are greater if you are named Jeffrey or Michael than if you are a woman.
Two Jeffries and two Michaels became CEO's in America's top 250 corporations; only one single woman did. These findings were reported by Fortune, citing the "New CEO Report" for 2018 by Feign Advisors.
Our gender hierarchy is still running strong.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/female-ceos-jeffreys-fortune_n_5d194e34e4b03d61163dab5f?guccounter=1
Saturday, July 27, 2019
Peak White Male Privilege - Trump and Johnson
Emily Peck asks in her HuffPost article, "Is there no limit to what rich white guys can get away with?"
Donald Trump and Boris Johnson certainly give us a bird's eye view to the privilege that people on the top of our hierarchies have, and also have the ability to exploit.
"We’ve known for a long time that men — especially rich white men — are held to different standards than everyone else, but never has the difference been so nakedly clear."
"Could you imagine a woman or man of color getting away with any of that?" Of course not, they never could.
"Johnson and Trump are extreme examples of what male privilege lets guys get away with," said Jennifer Lawless, a politics professor at the University of Virginia.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-boris-johnson-male-privilege_n_5d39ff8ee4b0419fd339f939?fbclid=IwAR23l3VUq8c42NKDuXKyT3Xbd
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Donald Trump and Boris Johnson certainly give us a bird's eye view to the privilege that people on the top of our hierarchies have, and also have the ability to exploit.
"We’ve known for a long time that men — especially rich white men — are held to different standards than everyone else, but never has the difference been so nakedly clear."
"Could you imagine a woman or man of color getting away with any of that?" Of course not, they never could.
"Johnson and Trump are extreme examples of what male privilege lets guys get away with," said Jennifer Lawless, a politics professor at the University of Virginia.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-boris-johnson-male-privilege_n_5d39ff8ee4b0419fd339f939?fbclid=IwAR23l3VUq8c42NKDuXKyT3Xbd
Utsx23Rx3raLK8UqrzQIjjNXeMK9kuFhck
Saturday, July 20, 2019
Trump-Supporting Miss Michigan Loses Crown
Miss Michigan 2019 Kathy Zhu, a Trump supporter, was not allowed to compete in further pagents for “offensive, insensitive and inappropriate” social media posts.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/453961-miss-michigan-winner-stripped-of-title-over-offensive-posts
Zhu,
20, tweeted Thursday what appeared to be a screenshot of an email she
received from Miss World America officials, who told her she was
dismissed from being a pageant participant.
“So you're telling me that it's now just a fashion accessory and not a religious thing?” she tweeted, according to the Detroit Free Press. “Or are you just trying to get women used to being oppressed under Islam?”
In
a second incident, the Free Press reports, Zhu replied to a Twitter
user in a comment saying: “Did you know the majority of black deaths are
caused by other blacks? Fix problems within your own community before
blaming others.”
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/453961-miss-michigan-winner-stripped-of-title-over-offensive-posts
Virginia Democrats, If Trump Comes, We Aren't
Trump has supported, not supported, and then again supported his followers in their "Send Her Back" chant. As the Hierarchy-Leader-In-Chief, he knows that supporting the hierarchy is the highest priority.
Virginia Democrats are taking this in consideration when refusing to attend a celebration of the 400th anniversary of representative government at Jamestown.
"We will not be attending any part of the commemorative session where Donald Trump is in attendance. The current President does not represent the values that we would celebrate at the 400th anniversary of the oldest democratic body in the western world,” the Democrats said.
“We offer just three words of advice to the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation: ‘Send Him Back,’” added the statement from Virginia Senate Democratic Leader Dick Saslaw and Caucus Chair Mamie Locke along with House Democratic Leader Eileen Filler-Corn and Caucus Chair Charniele Herring.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/454000-virginia-democrats-vow-to-boycott-event-if-trump-attends-invoke-send-her
Virginia Democrats are taking this in consideration when refusing to attend a celebration of the 400th anniversary of representative government at Jamestown.
"We will not be attending any part of the commemorative session where Donald Trump is in attendance. The current President does not represent the values that we would celebrate at the 400th anniversary of the oldest democratic body in the western world,” the Democrats said.
“We offer just three words of advice to the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation: ‘Send Him Back,’” added the statement from Virginia Senate Democratic Leader Dick Saslaw and Caucus Chair Mamie Locke along with House Democratic Leader Eileen Filler-Corn and Caucus Chair Charniele Herring.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/454000-virginia-democrats-vow-to-boycott-event-if-trump-attends-invoke-send-her
Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Racist Republicans Like Trump More After Attacks
As an indication of just how hierarchical the Republican Party has become, here are the results of poll showing that Republicans support Trump in his racism.
"A new poll indicates why GOP members are reluctant to chastise the president. Although a USA Today/Ipsos poll found that a majority of people, 68 percent, saw Trump’s tweets as offensive, there was a stark partisan divide: 93 percent of Democrats and 68 percent of independents found the tweet offensive, while only 37 percent of Republicans did, according to the poll, which was released on Wednesday. Meanwhile, 57 percent of Republicans said they agreed with Trump’s tweets, while only 7 percent of Democrats agreed.
"Only 45 percent of Republicans found telling minorities to “go back where they came from” to be a racist statement, which starkly contrasts with the 85 percent of Democrats who think that way."
Republicans are obviously very, very Clueless at the Top of their hierarchies.
https://www.vox.com/2019/7/17/20697721/trump-racist-tweet-polling
"A new poll indicates why GOP members are reluctant to chastise the president. Although a USA Today/Ipsos poll found that a majority of people, 68 percent, saw Trump’s tweets as offensive, there was a stark partisan divide: 93 percent of Democrats and 68 percent of independents found the tweet offensive, while only 37 percent of Republicans did, according to the poll, which was released on Wednesday. Meanwhile, 57 percent of Republicans said they agreed with Trump’s tweets, while only 7 percent of Democrats agreed.
"Only 45 percent of Republicans found telling minorities to “go back where they came from” to be a racist statement, which starkly contrasts with the 85 percent of Democrats who think that way."
Republicans are obviously very, very Clueless at the Top of their hierarchies.
https://www.vox.com/2019/7/17/20697721/trump-racist-tweet-polling
Republicans - Their Leader Can't Possibly Be Racist
Nicholas Kristoff does a great job of pointing out that people who place themselves on top of hierarchies are terrific at passing on any responsibility to the people who are calling out the hierarchy.
"But the question put to Congress this week was a resolution properly condemning the presidential tirade. It was grotesque to see Republicans who had been mute at presidential bigotry suddenly protest that the backers of the resolution violated rules of decorum.
"But the question put to Congress this week was a resolution properly condemning the presidential tirade. It was grotesque to see Republicans who had been mute at presidential bigotry suddenly protest that the backers of the resolution violated rules of decorum.
"Really? We’re left again with the question: How can members of the party of Lincoln today protest the label
of racism, but not the racism itself — in a man who for 45 years has
shown himself to be a racist from his mandible to his metatarsals?"
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/opinion/donald-trump-racist.html
This Pink-Haired Lesbian is My Hero
"Under stern social rules, women are constantly criticized for not
presenting as “proper,” formal, or gentle enough. We are pigeonholed
into traditional household, “caretaker” roles, or seen as rude and mean
when we disapprove of something. We are afraid to make mistakes, and we
are groomed to fear what other people will think of us if we do.
"Rapinoe gives me hope that more women, including myself, will worry less about others’ opinions and worry more that topics often treated like taboos in mainstream platforms — such as the LGBTQ+ community, sexism, and political opposition — are addressed head-on.
"Rapinoe gives me hope that more women, including myself, will worry less about others’ opinions and worry more that topics often treated like taboos in mainstream platforms — such as the LGBTQ+ community, sexism, and political opposition — are addressed head-on.
"She is exactly the person we need to show how women can defy the systems limiting us and inspire other women to be fearless in expressing our opinions."
-Carmina Hachenburg, Philadephia Inquirer
https://www.inquirer.com/news/megan-rapinoe-soccer-women-world-cup-equal-pay-gender-gap-20190717.html
Saturday, July 13, 2019
My God, Rapinoe's Attitude Felt Good
"Feminism is not, we know, about women simply aping men’s bad behaviour, but
there was a context for Rapinoe’s 'rudeness'. It was a correction to
every shuffling, downward-looking, unequal-pay-earning posture adopted
by women through the ages. Certainly, a woman who is not only a lesbian
but is openly so, unapologetically strutting about in the limelight, had
an almost medicinal effect on a culture traumatised by the bigot in
Washington. Not even Trump could get away with calling this woman a
loser."
"Rapinoe’s detractors on Twitter called her attitude monstrous, a piece of egotism that took away from the team. For many women watching, however, her intent was clear. Rapinoe’s win and her subsequent attitude to winning was, in fact, purely one for the team. My God, it felt good."
– Emma Brockes, The Guardian columnist
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/12/megan-rapinoe-us-football-women-trump
"Rapinoe’s detractors on Twitter called her attitude monstrous, a piece of egotism that took away from the team. For many women watching, however, her intent was clear. Rapinoe’s win and her subsequent attitude to winning was, in fact, purely one for the team. My God, it felt good."
– Emma Brockes, The Guardian columnist
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/12/megan-rapinoe-us-football-women-trump
Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Hierarchy in Sports - West Virginia Suggests No Money for Men's World Cup Until Equality
Democratic Senator Joe Manchin from West Virginia introduced a bill Tuesday that would order the federal government to stop providing funding for the 2026 Men's FIFA
World Cup until the United States Soccer Federation agrees to equal pay
for its men's and women's national teams.
"No federal funds may be appropriated or otherwise made available to provide support for the 2026 World Cup, including support for a host city, a participating State or local agency, the United States Soccer Federation, the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), or the Federation de Football Association (FIFA), until the date on which the United States Soccer Federation agrees to provide equitable pay," the bill reads.
https://www.espn.com/soccer/united-states/story/3897533/senator-no-equal-payno-public-26-wc-funds
"No federal funds may be appropriated or otherwise made available to provide support for the 2026 World Cup, including support for a host city, a participating State or local agency, the United States Soccer Federation, the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), or the Federation de Football Association (FIFA), until the date on which the United States Soccer Federation agrees to provide equitable pay," the bill reads.
https://www.espn.com/soccer/united-states/story/3897533/senator-no-equal-payno-public-26-wc-funds
Brandi Chastain - Statue Honoring 1999 World Cup Team
A statue of Brandi Chastain in celebration of her 1999 World Cup penalty kick was revealed today in Pasadena, California, complete with her very famous sports bra out for all to see after she ripped off her jersey.
The cause of controversy, her sports bra out for all to see started a movement of women who were proud to be fit, and proud to dress in ways that included not hiding their fitness.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brandi-chastain-statue-rose-bowl-pasadena-california-commemorates-1999-womens-world-cup-team/
The cause of controversy, her sports bra out for all to see started a movement of women who were proud to be fit, and proud to dress in ways that included not hiding their fitness.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brandi-chastain-statue-rose-bowl-pasadena-california-commemorates-1999-womens-world-cup-team/
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