Saturday, July 27, 2019

CEO - Better Chance for a Jeffrey or Michael than a Woman

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

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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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.

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

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

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.

"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.

"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



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

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/