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A NYT article titled "A Labor Market Punishing to Mothers" digs deeper into data showing some progress among persistent gender inequality in the U.S. labor market. The author believes that "best hope for making progress against today’s gender inequality probably involves some combination of legal and cultural changes." Although policies like free preschool and flextime @ work help, even in "European countries with much more generous parental leave laws, women remain far behind men on career ladders." I believe that the rising numbers of fathers who work part time or take time off to provide childcare (self included) are a part of this cultural shift. One of my very small contributions is to challenge language that discounts the work involved in childcare.

Read more about Kristof's very relevant gender equity in the work place article.
Kristof’s article in today’s Times provides a thoughtful, balanced and brief look into changing dynamics in between men and women in the labor force. After positing that the skills needed in the new economy may favor women (or at least traditionally feminine-gendered traits) he urges us to “forget about gender war and zero-sum games. Odds are that we men will find a way to hold our own, with the help of women. And we’ll benefit as smart and talented women belatedly have the opportunity to deploy their skills on behalf of all of humanity — including those of us with Y chromosomes.” This is a tide that truly lifts all boats.

This Seattle cop needs to get a life. You do not protect and serve our most vulnerable citizens (women) by harassing them for jaywalking and then punching them in the face. Men, in general, and police officers, more especially, should protect women--not prey upon them. Go arrest a child
molester or murderer or something! Big up to this woman for defending
her friend against this "little boy" with a gun who is clearly

Friday’s NYTimes article “Out of the Loop in Silicon Valley” is a striking reminder of the gender inequalities we still face in many areas of the business world. Despite the fact that women now outnumber men in the workforce and at top undergraduate, law and medical schools, women remain vastly underrepresented in one of the country’s most innovative and profit creating sectors: internet and technology.

Look no further than Silicon Alley megastar Fred Wilson’s investment
portfolio at Union Square
Ventures to see this gender imbalance.  Of a total of 27 portfolio
companies, zero were co-founded by women.

But change is upon us. A new generation of female entrepreneurs is
growing here in New York City.  Gilt Group,

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