A.) The article talked about how women's progression in the work field is starting to slow. It placed part of the blame for this on 9/11, and part on women's attitudes. The author stressed that women should be confident and not feel that they always have to play the part of 'a good girl'. The main point was that women in the work field should not be happy with simply better jobs and higher pay - they should demand respect along with those advances.
B.) The content of this article applies to journalism by encouraging women to raise the bar in the work field - we shouldn't be afraid to compete with men; instead, we should have confidence that we CAN compete . . . and win. The article applies to our class tremendously - as journalism students, we need to realize that the real world is different from our safe and cozy classroom. In any profession we choose to go into, it's important for us to be prepared to face discrimination and disrespect, to be strong enough to not let it faze us, and to know how to respond to it. Personally, I don't think this article really applied to me. From my standpoint, it seemed like the author was almost complaining that women as a whole had not made the progress she would have liked to see, and I don't think this kind of progress is something that can be measured. While it's true that women still face discrimination simply based on gender, it doesn't faze me in the least. I know who I am and what I deserve, and I won't settle for anything less - even if it means I'm out of a job.
C.) I think it's interesting that the author chose to talk about the competition between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. I have to wonder what the results of the primary say about society today - in history, white women were seen as superior to black men. The African American race has certainly come a long way since then . . . but really, how far have women come if we are still not seen as competent enough to be President?
I also wonder why the author chose to take such a sarcastic tone to begin her article with - she lists off some of the major achievements women have made in past years, and then seems to completely dismiss them with her disdain.
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Jenny!!! You made some really amazing and thought provoking analyzations! "...as journalism students, we need to realize that the real world is different from our safe and cozy classroom." This is so true, and even in college it will be different! We will always have to constantly adjust to the world around us and grow above it!
ReplyDeleteJust checking in now that I have you linked to my page correctly. Great first entry! -Mr. A
ReplyDeleteYour comment about how the the african american race has come a long way compared to women really made me think. 911 effected all americans men, women, and african americans, so I don't think it's really fair to put the blame on it. The only thing that women have to blame for their lack in progress is themselves.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE how you sound so encouraging and you sound so confident that as females, we can pretty much do anything when we set our mind to it.
ReplyDeleteOh, P.S-I like your comparison between Barack and Hilary.
"we shouldn't be afraid to compete with men; instead, we should have confidence that we CAN compete" -Very true! That's a good way to think of it.
ReplyDeleteMaggie-true, we can only point the finger to a certain extent, but when it comes down to it the facts say we ARE earning 77 cents to the dollar compared to men. And that's working our tails off...
Maggie- I completely agree!!!! Excellent point!
ReplyDeleteand I agree with Sara about the amazingly phrased... phrase. haha, but really it was really well put.
Hmm, we can compete, but I really don't think that it's a very loving way to go about that kind of thing. Because if there's a winner, there's a loser and if we women won, then we would be discriminating agaist men. If you think about it, the men are in a sense currently "winning" because they make up more than 75% of the higher offices in Senate and Representatives and such. If I'm talking in that sense, then the women are losers, but the goal to equality is not to win but to be equal. But I'm not smart with politics and such, so I may be talking a bit too abstracly, or perhaps I missed your point completely, Jenny.
ReplyDeleteHmm... I agree with you, actually, Angie... I think that was a really good point- one I hadn't thought about...
ReplyDeleteAngie, in your blog, didn't you talk about how we will never reach equality? I think it's a good thing to strive for, but I don't think it will ever actually happen. I guess being a competetive person, I would rather be the winner than the loser...if there has to be one.
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