tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4070797605409542504.post4120581839179243674..comments2015-12-14T05:37:49.488-08:00Comments on A Long Way, Maybe: UnderrepresentedUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4070797605409542504.post-74708812911331057882009-02-09T16:35:00.000-08:002009-02-09T16:35:00.000-08:00I have a perhaps different perspective. If we, as...I have a perhaps different perspective. If we, as women, want to see our gender more equally represented in public office, why are we not running for those positions? <BR/><BR/>Could it be perhaps that most of us women have the common sense to see that public office is something that drains you and pulls you from your family and friends more than we would like?<BR/><BR/>If I had the desire, I could go to law school and climb the political ladder to eventually possibly look at President. <BR/><BR/>But I don't really want to. I see the hell that these candidates and winners go through and that's not something I want for my life.<BR/><BR/>Could it be that the real reason there are not more women in political office is because they find it to be too distasteful of an occupation?<BR/><BR/>I really don't care what the gender of our politicians is. I care more about their intelligence, integrity, and ability to get the job done. I think it does women more of a disservice to say we need X number of women instead of just taking the best of the best. Why promulgate the erroneous thought that women can only make it with help? We should be able to stand on our own two feet and be the best of the best, without having to be the "best of the women," as if we were dealing with a golf handicap.Fluffy Bunny Slippershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04634596813646431299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4070797605409542504.post-49089867044757966492009-02-05T09:05:00.000-08:002009-02-05T09:05:00.000-08:00Thank you, Nava, for addressing one of my most pas...Thank you, Nava, for addressing one of my most passionate issues.<BR/><BR/>And doing it so effectively.<BR/><BR/>Diana Black<BR/><BR/>http://www.womenswednesdayweblink.blogspot.com<BR/>http://www.woofersclub.blogspot.comDiana Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06177915857090560626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4070797605409542504.post-45309789601653271462009-01-31T09:46:00.000-08:002009-01-31T09:46:00.000-08:00This post is as fascinating as it is disturbing. W...This post is as fascinating as it is disturbing. We think we've come "a long way baby," but it's far more realistic to quote your blog in that we've come "a long way, maybe."<BR/>Another fact to add to your amazing list is that the last state to ratify the right for women to vote (I won't mention the name so as not to upset it's citizens who carry the XX chromosome) did so in 1984!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4070797605409542504.post-42871307983882957242009-01-31T09:37:00.000-08:002009-01-31T09:37:00.000-08:00and don't forget...Frederick Douglass was Victoria...and don't forget...Frederick Douglass was Victoria Woodhull's running mate!!!!HDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07252628648350004539noreply@blogger.com