NOW President on President Obama's All-Male Athletic Outings: 'It's Troubling'

Submitted by anthony on Sat, 2009-10-31 15:09

Article here. Excerpt:

'We asked Terry O'Neill, the new president of the National Organization for Women, what she thought of those Democratic women and others quietly complaining about a "boy's club" atmosphere at the White House, as exemplified by the president playing basketball earlier this month with 11 members of Congress and four Cabinet Secretaries -- all men.

"Relationships get built in those more informal settings," O'Neill told ABC News, "and the relationships have a huge impact on the influence an individual has. We know what happens when we segregated whether it by race or whether it by gender -- you end up with 1st class citizens and you end up with 2nd class citizens."

O'Neill told ABC News' Mike Callahan, "we need to see the White House leading the way for desegregating the work places all around the country and it is troubling."'

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""Relationships get built in those more informal settings," O'Neill told ABC News, "and the relationships have a huge impact on the influence an individual has."

Oh we know. And so do you, Terry. Tell me, do you feel the same way about women-only health clubs/gyms, train cars, hotel floors, and social clubs? Hmmm?

It's not that I am stunned by a NOW leader's hypocrisy. I am stunned when she says something that isn't hypocritical. I haven't seen one of those though in a long time.

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Submitted by mcc99 on Sat, 2009-10-31 18:27

I think all the hoopla (no pun intended) around Obama's B-game is just a red herring to distract from Shriver's Woman Nation. The feminist inner circle probably did not intend the public fanfare that accompanied the report nor its wide availability because it offers a glimpse of their projected finale, almost as if a private memo between CEO and the board was circulated.

They'd really panic if anyone in the mainstream media tied it to Hoff Sommers' "Burly Men" article.

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Submitted by Hunchback on Sat, 2009-10-31 18:55