tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post4391592367884320812..comments2024-02-14T10:12:46.994+00:00Comments on From My Kitchen Table: International Women's DayBarbara Scullyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14311532447861613731noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-35757631382382916532011-03-16T07:58:26.852+00:002011-03-16T07:58:26.852+00:00Great post!
Congrats on your nomination in the Ir...Great post!<br /><br />Congrats on your nomination in the Irish Blog Awards as well.<br /><br />We would have loved to have gone to Belfast for them but we are flying home from Paris that evening at 10pm so although I'm still thinking about it - don't think we'll make it!! I'm kicking myself about it!Clivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02977646141133705414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-86609595010152449752011-03-11T10:22:14.577+00:002011-03-11T10:22:14.577+00:00Thanks to each of you who took the time to comment...Thanks to each of you who took the time to comment on this particular post. This is an issue close to my heart and the viewpoint I put forward here is one I am still fine tuning. So your thoughts mean a lot to me. <br /><br />@whyjay99 I must do some research on Matriarchal societies. ThanksBarbara Scullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14311532447861613731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-79193206106375513302011-03-11T07:49:56.512+00:002011-03-11T07:49:56.512+00:00Well said, Barbara.
Women have been trying to emul...Well said, Barbara.<br />Women have been trying to emulate a male career stereotype for too long.<br />I think the only way to have a career and that mental stimulation that goes with it is to find a freelance career that allows you to have a family life and a working without massive stress levels.<br />Also, there is no question of equality running through a lot of women's heads as they drop kids off at creches in the mornings, they are simply doing it because they have to.<br />I have noticed a lot of men becoming involved in childcare, the nature of their jobs seems to lead to freelance work easier and I think this is a good sign.Brigid O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08646687391409208367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-91368529507345614242011-03-10T00:48:18.402+00:002011-03-10T00:48:18.402+00:00Yes, I would like it if we could be included in th...Yes, I would like it if we could be included in the ones who decide what success, happiness etc...are. That would be swell. And I'd like to see my sisters eased from oppression that is cruel and painful and all humans honoured for doing the connecting things that matter.<br /><br />I have an award on my site for you - if you haven't got it and would like it you are welcome to it - if you are fatigued with the award thing I certainly understand!Jan Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01771180344305042855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-46314060234541883422011-03-08T21:05:15.277+00:002011-03-08T21:05:15.277+00:00Very well put, Barbara. It would be great if we c...Very well put, Barbara. It would be great if we could solve the problem which isn't really one but many problems. I absolutely agree that people who stay at home with their children should be valued. The comment from Looking for Blue Sky is so right. It is the world of work that needs to change.Noirin Scullyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06051196262736988291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-68482152511615708402011-03-08T19:02:24.413+00:002011-03-08T19:02:24.413+00:00Wonderful, wonderful post. I thought happiness equ...Wonderful, wonderful post. I thought happiness equalled success -- in a traditional way. I soon found it didn't (for me, anyway). There are a lot of different roads to fulfillment.<br /><br />Happy International Women's Day!Talli Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780882465745107715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-86858857070817972082011-03-08T18:11:34.204+00:002011-03-08T18:11:34.204+00:00I'm also at home after a career that went part...I'm also at home after a career that went part-time and then disappeared completely as a result of having kids with special needs...and I'm not that good at being at home, but nor can I manage the long hours culture that would be expected if I went back to work. I believe it is the world of work that needs to change, not us. The whole corporate culture that wants to own you, your time and your allegiance 24/7 does not fit with family life, andwithout families where are heading? Nowhere.Looking for Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10010049814419812468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-47719336568012028922011-03-08T17:51:40.507+00:002011-03-08T17:51:40.507+00:00I get your point entirely and also agree that wome...I get your point entirely and also agree that women should not be measured by the same statistics but I think in the wider context and probably more so in countries where women are repressed more than they are here, these statistics do count because they measure, in some way, how little women have despite the amount of work they do. In the end it's about valuing what a women has to offer and also offering her the chance to choose to stay at home or to go to work. In many, many countries around the world women don't even get an education so they have no choice.<br /><br />I think the video with Daniel Craig was done for just the reason you say: to get media attention and to have more people listen to those statistics. It's working too as it's been on every single news station so far. Perhaps it can go in some small way to changing perceptions and understanding of how unequal the world is.<br /><br />I, like you, worked in high levels of the corporate world and never felt unequal but we were the lucky ones and we had choices. Too many women don't - that's the real problem.<br /><br />If we could create the world the way we want it and make it easier for women to not have to chose the mostly male corporate world, that would be a fine thing. The video of Daniel Craig goes some way to starting that conversation. Your excellent blog post is a case in point. <br /><br />Wonderful stuff.Maya's Storieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770374406844571860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7525848878710274126.post-83525776632953757232011-03-08T16:43:35.333+00:002011-03-08T16:43:35.333+00:00Well said Barbara.
Unfortunately society is often ...Well said Barbara.<br />Unfortunately society is often defined in economic terms and in every ecomomic system of modern history I can think of (Feudalism, Capitalism, Communism, Islamism)a person is valued using financial measures.<br />Not sure what happens in Matriarchal societies but I suspect they would be different.Yvonne Johnston (Whyjay99)http://pessioptimist99.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com