Reply #56: Let's focus on what do we want to do next...

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Forget the Hillary/Obama primary.
My ideas are:

1. Remove the glass ceiling: Given the large number of boomer women in the ranks, there is no reason why women are not 50-50. They've had their kids... so kids arent an issue

2. End the discriminatory layoffs...

3. Provide mentoring for junior women so that they can identify when they are being tracked into areas that will not lead to promotion/pay increases. It's their choice if they dont want to do this.

4. Encourage women to think of themselves as breadwinners and take on extra responsiblity and pay. I find a lot of women in service related industries will stay as a customer service rep/cashier etc. and not ask for pay.

5. Provide Daddy time and force men to take it. Men should be doing their share of the work of child care and taking care of their own relatives when they grow old. No one should be penalized for doing this. Actually, people who don't take an appropriate amount of time off for their kids should be socially ostracized. This time off should reasonably accomodate parental responsiblities.

5. Identify culturally appropriate ways for women to express strength without turning into an automaton. Identify culturally appropriate ways for women to express power. These should be the same as those for men. Identify culturally appropriate ways of talking about women in power.

6. Identify stereotypical means of denying women access to power in our society.

7. Prepare for women leadership in the community.

This is the intent of my post.... I dont want to hear another word about Hillary/Obama. I want to hear suggestions of what we want as a society.