Sunday, June 2, 2019

Women, Work, and Family Foundation Essay -- Government Rights Feminism

Women, Work, and Family FoundationWith the war in Iraq nearly two age old, I hoped that new leadership in the executive branch would put an end to the destruction overseas and funds would be redirected to rescue our receding economy, unemployment rate, health care services, and living conditions for the struggling American majority. November 2nd came and went, and those of us who shared my views found ourselves the minority. We shed a few tears and yelled at the unresponsive goggle box screen, and surprisingly plenty, the sun rose the next morning. No apocalyptic horses or trumpets, just a few chosen liberals feeling suddenly beckoned toward the promised land of Canada where legitimate rights are more a thing of the present rather than a dream of years to come. It is important to remember that while we do not fuck off the decisions concerning the deployment of troops or the dropping of bombs, we do decide what condition we would like our country to be in when those serving the m ilitary are lucky enough to return home. In our current situation, I feel compelled to turn away from protesting the war and refocus on the home front. Many grassroots organizations have been habituated to take initiative in improving domestic policy while the president is not looking. For this reason, I have received another invitation to make a tax deductible donation to a non-profit organization The Women, Work, and Family Foundation. I now have the personal opportunity to improve gender equality in the American workforce and receive a mug and free subscription to Newsweek in the process. The first question is, obviously, Why are they asking for money? (Woolf, p. 41) I must paint the grace of gender equality in the workforce and determine if f... ...Works Cited1. Bernard, Jessie, The Good-Provider Role Its Rise and Fall. from American Psychologist, 36, 1981.2. Friedan, Betty, The Feminine Mystique. (New York W.W. Norton & Company, 2001)3. Gornick, Janet and Meyers, Marcia, Fam ilies That Work Policies for Reconciling Parenthood and Employment. (New York The Russell Sage Foundation, 2003)4. Pateman, Carole, ternion Questions about Womanhood Suffrage in Suffrage and Beyond International Feminist Perspectives ed. Caroline Daley and Melanie Nolan. (Auckland, New Zealand Auckland University Press, 1994)5. Saxonhouse, Arlene, Women in the History of Political Thought. (New York Praeger Publishers, 1985)6. Seager, Joni, The Penguin Atlas of Women in the World. (New York Penguin Books, 2003)7. Woolf, Virginia, Three Guineas. (London Harcourt & Brace Company, 1938)

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