Wednesday, January 23, 2013
CNN reports that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will announce the change Thursday. What do you think? Is it a good policy change?
The United States military policy of excluding women from combat is about to end. Multiple officials have confirmed that Defense Secretary Leon Panetta will announce the change tomorrow, CNN reports. Ending the ban, in place since 1994, will not open up these positions to women immediately, the Associated Press reports. The Armed Services will have to develop plans for women to attain the positions first. Some jobs may be available as early as this year but others will take longer. The 1994 ground combat exclusion policy of the U.S. Army states: “Service members are eligible to be assigned to all positions for which they are qualified, except that women shall be excluded from assignment to units below the brigade level whose primary …
Monday, July 2, 2012
Respondents to Patch poll agree with author Anne-Marie Slaughter’s thesis in the current Atlantic.
A majority of readers who responded to the Patch poll measuring opinions agree in some fashion with author Anne-Marie Slaughter’s thesis in the July/August Atlantic that women cannot have it all in today’s environment. As of noon Sunday, 31 people responded to the poll with 17 saying it is not possible under today’s circumstances while six more think it is possible, as Slaughter writes, “Only if she’s superwoman.” Eight think hard work is enough to make the difference. Earlier: Can Women Have It All? One reader, Jim, does not think it is possible for men or women to achieve everything. “Neither women nor men can do or have it all,” he writes. “Do we really need to rely on an ‘expert’ in a magazine article to tell us something that is self …
Thursday, June 28, 2012
What do you make of Anne-Marie Slaughter's controversial claims in her recent 'Atlantic' article? Take our poll and share your opinion.
In the July/August issue of The Atlantic, Anne-Marie Slaughter explains quite frankly why she believes it's impossible in today's workplace environment for a mother to successfully balance a full-time profession and raising her children. In the article, the 53-year-old former State Department official describes how, after a lifetime of aspiring to be where she'd finally arrived professionally, she stepped down from her powerful position to spend more time with her two teenage sons. "The minute I found myself in a job that is typical for the vast majority of working women (and men)," Slaughter writes, "I could no longer be both the parent and the professional I wanted to be." Slaughter's argument isn't just that full-time work and being a …
Friday, January 27, 2012
The YWCA said the program will help empower local women.
Colorado based CoBank recently announced that it will contribute $34,000 over the next three years to help the YWCA Evanston/North Shore to support an expansion of their urban farming initiative. The urban farm started in the spring of 2009, when the YWCA built a small raised bed vegetable and herb garden to grow fresh produce for Mary Lou’s Place, their domestic violence shelter for women and children. The Evanston-based urban garden is a helpful tool to empower women, according to YWCA Evanston/North Shore Communications Director Julie McBratney. "The women tend the garden and harvest vegetables and herbs for their meals," McBratney told Patch. "They cook their own meals each night, and once a week, the have a lesson in healthy cooking …
june shellene
2:24 pm on Thursday, June 28, 2012
Jim You'd love Laurie Anderson's song, Only An Expert (can deal with the problem) Very in your face to that pervasive and misguided philosophy. Youtube it. more ›