Blog #33

In the NPR “An Argument for More Female Justices” many aspect of women’s capability and qualities are brought up. Dahlia Lithwick speaks about the advantage women serve with they are on the Supreme Court. Though she admits that many of the qualities such as “good listening skills” and “understanding of women’s problems” and educationally unfounded, she believe they still exist. I agree with this statement because women are different individual and to diversify the Supreme Court will only better the country’s identification with it. This is an advancement that has not been pushed as far as preferred, but the steps are being made in the corrective direction.
In the next NPR “What Clinton, Palin Did for the Glass Ceiling” two commentators with somewhat opposing views discussed their perception of what Clinton and Palin are doing for women. They brought up the scrutiny that they have been put through and what they feel should have been done differently. Most prominent in my eyes was the fact of how the media reacted to these women. There was much time dedicated to tearing these women apart from whether they were knowledgeable or not to what type of clothing they had on. Their actual campaigning was but in the background as the gossip took the foreground. Either way these women made progress for women because of the fact that they attempt to attain these high positions. Although there was much controversy and many nasty things said, they stepped out and tried to achieve something that no women have achieved before.

In “Women’s History Month: Closing in On Office Gender Gap”, Rebecca Sptiz takes on a much more positive view. "Increasingly as women have become more educated they've wanted to earn salaries to contribute to the family," says Sheila Wellington, a professor at NYU's Stern School of Business. "As opportunities open up, women have wanted to be part of that upward movement." Spitz also discusses that fact that the wage earner who has lost the job is the male wage earner, so “we’re seeing more and more women be economic necessity entering the work force.”