http://www.nicolemlavoi.com/womens-equality-day-is-august-26th-and-yes-we-still-need-it Nicole M. LaVoi, Ph.D. Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:20:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 http://www.nicolemlavoi.com/womens-equality-day-is-august-26th-and-yes-we-still-need-it#comment-593 moriahbethany Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:08:04 +0000 http://nicolemlavoi.com/?p=2278#comment-593 I think that one of the thinks that happened here is that the sexual revolution became the only focal point. The knowledge that sex is for women's enjoyment too is just one of the things we hoped to accomplish. Instead it became the only focal point. While my dislike of the word "slut" is huge I have other issues beyond sexuality. Women have been just as responsible for keeping some of these shameful traditions around unfortunately. I am not interested in my right to show cleavage as much as I am interested in having women and men take a closer look at the difficulties women face. We should not have to demean women who choose marriage and children over a career because they are "just housewives". We should at the same time encourage women who are willing to do both, or focus on their own lives entirely. Every single friend I have has a story about being either sexually assaulted or having some degree of assault attempted. It is almost always a friend or relative. To me this says we have a gigantic problem with how we still continue to view women, and about sex in general. I would like to see more proactive conversations about respect of women in general. We can start with supporting each other and not using words to demean other women. Keep moving forward. Keep writing. I think that one of the thinks that happened here is that the sexual revolution became the only focal point. The knowledge that sex is for women’s enjoyment too is just one of the things we hoped to accomplish. Instead it became the only focal point. While my dislike of the word “slut” is huge I have other issues beyond sexuality. Women have been just as responsible for keeping some of these shameful traditions around unfortunately. I am not interested in my right to show cleavage as much as I am interested in having women and men take a closer look at the difficulties women face. We should not have to demean women who choose marriage and children over a career because they are “just housewives”. We should at the same time encourage women who are willing to do both, or focus on their own lives entirely. Every single friend I have has a story about being either sexually assaulted or having some degree of assault attempted. It is almost always a friend or relative. To me this says we have a gigantic problem with how we still continue to view women, and about sex in general. I would like to see more proactive conversations about respect of women in general. We can start with supporting each other and not using words to demean other women. Keep moving forward. Keep writing.

]]> http://www.nicolemlavoi.com/womens-equality-day-is-august-26th-and-yes-we-still-need-it#comment-592 Niamh Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:59:44 +0000 http://nicolemlavoi.com/?p=2278#comment-592 It's frustrating that we still need a day like this, but I agree that there is still very far to go before real equality exists. It's probably a utopian ideal but definitely one we should keep moving towards. There has been so much progress in the last 50 years that maybe we forget that things should keep on moving. I read an interview with one of the actors from "Mad Men" recently. Great show! But the scary part in the interview was when the actor said: " Roger can say things you can't say any more, even if you think the same things..." It’s frustrating that we still need a day like this, but I agree that there is still very far to go before real equality exists. It’s probably a utopian ideal but definitely one we should keep moving towards. There has been so much progress in the last 50 years that maybe we forget that things should keep on moving. I read an interview with one of the actors from “Mad Men” recently. Great show! But the scary part in the interview was when the actor said: ” Roger can say things you can’t say any more, even if you think the same things…”

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