Dominque Browning writes on the
subject of the U.S.’s perspective of women in her article “Sexist Bullying:
What’s Behind the ‘War on Women’”. Her intended audience is pointed towards
women in America, particularly the current young generation coming up who will
have to deal with these problems in years to come.
Browning is an editor, writer, and
management consultant with a career in executive positions at magazines such as
Esquire, Texas Monthly, Newsweek, and House & Garden. She is a co-founder
with the Environmental Defense Fund of a new organization called “Moms Clean
Air Force” and regularly writes at a blog based on her memoir called Slow Love
Life, the New York Times, and other publications.
Browning argues how women’s right
that were fought for decades ago have once again been threaten by today’s
demographic of women’s capabilities or worth. She uses republican presidential
candidate Rick Santorum and Rush Limbaugh as opposing figures who threaten
today’s image of women and possibly threatening the opportunities of future
female generations. She states how Limbaugh “seems obsessed with women who don’t
know their places” in this case, referring to Tracie McMillan. Browning quotes
him on how he criticizes women, “What is with all of these young single white
women? Overeducated doesn’t mean intelligent.” She argues explaining how “McMillan
has a BA but that makes her overeducated compared to Limbaugh, who dropped out
of college after two semesters.” Then she mentions “Santorum’s view that a
college education is elitist and unnecessary; women certainly don’t need it.” By
stating their absurd and ignorant comments on women and what these two think of
them, she lashes back on their remarks in her article.
She goes on to mention how women of
the seventies are getting a sickened sense of déjà vu. Those who fought the
same gender equality battles back then are now having it shoved back in their
face once again today. She breaks this down by explaining how today in the
workplace “women still earn less than men—80.2 cents for every male dollar. She
states how “women represent just 3% of Fortune 500 CEOs, and less than 15% of
corporate executives at top companies worldwide.” She summarizes the inequality
that still goes on today in businesses when it comes to the subject of gender
in the workplace.
She finishes her article positively
saying that even with these opposing forces, there has been much progress but
there is much more work to do. Giving hope to the younger generation of women,
she looks to them on how they decide to handle these reoccurring problems in
our society. I agree with what she says here. I do believe even though we women
have gone through a lot to get to where we are; getting so close to things that
seemed impossible such as having a female president; we still have a lot to do
in standing up for our rights and pushing forward.
http://ideas.time.com/2012/03/08/whats-behind-the-war-on-women/?iid=op-article-mostpop1
