'Having it all doesn't mean doing it all': Women's grad advice to women

Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2013-05-31 21:22

Article here. Excerpt:

'This year’s female graduates received specific advice from women who helped pave the way for them, including senior White House adviser Valerie Jarrett. On Friday, she urged the all-female grads of Wellesley College to remember those trailblazers by making sure they help each other as they cut their own paths to the top.

“You have choices because you stand on the shoulders of others who have given you the ability to choose,” she said. “It is a rare privilege for all of you who are seated here today, so make sure you reach back and afford others that same opportunity.”

She then reminded her audience of the warning issued by fellow Wellesley alum, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright: “There is a very special place in hell for women who do not help other women.”
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Jarrett, who also chairs the White House Council on Women and Girls, encouraged graduates to be resilient, but to pace themselves.
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“We might be a tad bit better than men, but we’re not superhuman,” she said to laughs.'

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"This year’s male graduates received specific advice from men who helped pave the way for them, including senior White House adviser (fill in a man's name here). On Friday, she urged the all-male grads of (fill in a men's college name here, few as they may be) to remember those trailblazers by making sure they help each other as they cut their own paths to the top.

“You have choices because you stand on the shoulders of others who have given you the ability to choose,” he said. “It is a rare privilege for all of you who are seated here today, so make sure you reach back and afford others that same opportunity.”

He then reminded her audience of the warning issued by fellow alum, former Secretary of State (a man's name here): “There is a very special place in hell for men who do not help other men.”
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(Another man's name here), who also chairs the White House Council on Women and Girls Men and Boys, encouraged graduates to be resilient, but to pace themselves.
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“We might be a tad bit better than women, but we’re not superhuman,” he said to laughs.'"

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*That'll be the day...

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Submitted by Matt on Fri, 2013-05-31 23:08

In other words, discriminate against men and you will be virtuous. Discriminate against women and you will have a lawsuit on your hands, if not a public relations disaster. Oh yes, this is the land of equal opportunity, right?

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Submitted by redwoodwriter on Sat, 2013-06-01 02:03

she's mistaking standing on other women's shoulders to standing on men's necks. women are better at doing some things than men, like having babies. however, nowadays even that isn't something to brag about what w/ all the dead babies. what 70 million + now and climbing rapidly? and they want our tax $$ to pay for that too.

that said, women do stick together 1,000,000,000 x better than men. that's the zeros involved in just one of many government women's handout (v.a.w.a.) programs that goes where exactly?

I don't see where women are better off today than say in my mom's or g'ma's day. I've noticed through the years as they died, all their friends were still happily married to their first husband and, for the most part, had great close families.

so, what is it women have to thank feminists for what? I don't see it.

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Submitted by daveinga on Sat, 2013-06-01 02:59