http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2009/02/11/the-girls-guide-to-the-economy-part-8-there-are-no-women-on-the-stimulus-conference-committee/ UrGently Fierce Feminism In Perilous Times Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:13:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 hourly 1 http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2009/02/11/the-girls-guide-to-the-economy-part-8-there-are-no-women-on-the-stimulus-conference-committee/comment-page-1/#comment-183852 Zoe Nicholson Mon, 16 Feb 2009 21:14:47 +0000 http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2009/02/11/the-girls-guide-to-the-economy-part-8-there-are-no-women-on-the-stimulus-conference-committee/#comment-183852 I keep on hesitating, waiting for some magical thing to happen that says women are in leadership and seated at the decision tables. When is this politeness fulfilled? People have told me that after 100 days, the gloves come off - whose gloves, mine? his? conservatives? progressives? All I know is 51% of Americans are not fairly represented. Committees, cabinets, houses, offices will be set in 100 days ~ aren't those decisions, being made now, the important ones? I keep on hesitating, waiting for some magical thing to happen that says women are in leadership and seated at the decision tables. When is this politeness fulfilled? People have told me that after 100 days, the gloves come off – whose gloves, mine? his? conservatives? progressives?
All I know is 51% of Americans are not fairly represented. Committees, cabinets, houses, offices will be set in 100 days ~ aren’t those decisions, being made now, the important ones?

]]> http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2009/02/11/the-girls-guide-to-the-economy-part-8-there-are-no-women-on-the-stimulus-conference-committee/comment-page-1/#comment-178985 Nike Thu, 12 Feb 2009 05:03:29 +0000 http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2009/02/11/the-girls-guide-to-the-economy-part-8-there-are-no-women-on-the-stimulus-conference-committee/#comment-178985 One thing that has remained constant through the entire bank bailout presidential changing of the guard and now this big stimulus to jump start the economy is the overwhelming and conscious effort to not rock the boat in any way. It's no mistake that the people in charge of all of this fiscal stimulation are the people least likely to upset the status quo. Women would do exactly what these men don't want, which is why you don't see them on these committees. One thing that has remained constant through the entire bank bailout presidential changing of the guard and now this big stimulus to jump start the economy is the overwhelming and conscious effort to not rock the boat in any way. It’s no mistake that the people in charge of all of this fiscal stimulation are the people least likely to upset the status quo. Women would do exactly what these men don’t want, which is why you don’t see them on these committees.

]]> http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2009/02/11/the-girls-guide-to-the-economy-part-8-there-are-no-women-on-the-stimulus-conference-committee/comment-page-1/#comment-178770 Ariel Dougherty Wed, 11 Feb 2009 20:55:46 +0000 http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2009/02/11/the-girls-guide-to-the-economy-part-8-there-are-no-women-on-the-stimulus-conference-committee/#comment-178770 Excellent post. Very distressing. We need a better way to break through all this rigamarole!! Excellent post. Very distressing. We need a better way to break through all this rigamarole!!

]]> http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2009/02/11/the-girls-guide-to-the-economy-part-8-there-are-no-women-on-the-stimulus-conference-committee/comment-page-1/#comment-178663 Feminist Peace Network says too much testosterone in the room « Rural Woman Zone Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:42:22 +0000 http://www.feministpeacenetwork.org/2009/02/11/the-girls-guide-to-the-economy-part-8-there-are-no-women-on-the-stimulus-conference-committee/#comment-178663 [...] February 11, 2009 by ruralwomyn Feminist Peace Network says there are not enough women involved in creating the solution to a problem created by men. Read the whole post. < To the male powers that be who royally effed up the economy: go pour your own damned coffee, bring us a cup while you’re at it and sit down, shut up and listen. We’ve got a whole lot more experience cleaning messes up than you do and you’ve got a wad of ’splaining to do. [...] [...] February 11, 2009 by ruralwomyn Feminist Peace Network says there are not enough women involved in creating the solution to a problem created by men. Read the whole post. < To the male powers that be who royally effed up the economy: go pour your own damned coffee, bring us a cup while you’re at it and sit down, shut up and listen. We’ve got a whole lot more experience cleaning messes up than you do and you’ve got a wad of ’splaining to do. [...]

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