tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6610200.post7383697913817218124..comments2023-10-25T08:44:34.517-04:00Comments on Creative Ink: And the top job goes to....?Wendy A. Hokehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03039022203181979743noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6610200.post-78746171740572003752008-07-07T13:45:00.000-04:002008-07-07T13:45:00.000-04:00A terribly sad commentary and very sobering statis...A terribly sad commentary and very sobering statistics. <BR/><BR/>When I graduated from J-school I had all these aspirations and dreams about my career as a reporter. Sadly, the reality was not that great. I worked for a sexist pig editor who soured me to everything that had to do with reporting, and I left my reporting gig after 6 months to attend law school. <BR/><BR/>So now I have a law degreeTracihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16659946702584728654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6610200.post-88309157218257114722008-06-26T23:28:00.000-04:002008-06-26T23:28:00.000-04:00Granted, life often isn't fair. But I think it pay...Granted, life often isn't fair. But I think it pays to deal with it on its own terms rather than how we imagine it should be.John Ettorrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18229971392235689875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6610200.post-44871351343251481202008-06-26T16:33:00.000-04:002008-06-26T16:33:00.000-04:00John,I think it's a sad commentary on American lif...John,<BR/>I think it's a sad commentary on American life that success has to be an all or nothing proposition. I will always be a mom first and that's a choice I happily made. But I'm also a damn fine journalist and leader and I have no doubt I could manage a news organization.<BR/><BR/>But here's another point worth considering:<BR/><BR/>In the next five years of my life, I will have two Wendy A. Hokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03039022203181979743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6610200.post-70358871138112272742008-06-26T16:17:00.000-04:002008-06-26T16:17:00.000-04:00Michelle, there are usually two other adjectives I...Michelle, there are usually two other adjectives I insert in between middle-aged and white guy and they involve facial hair and girth. I agree that the financial rewards for women are not generally enough to justify women staying on the fast track.Wendy A. Hokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03039022203181979743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6610200.post-71662390943931697902008-06-26T13:57:00.000-04:002008-06-26T13:57:00.000-04:00Michelle, that's a hell of a great point. I never ...Michelle, that's a hell of a great point. I never thought of it that way, but then that's why discussions are so valuable. Ironically, I just came across a good essay about one of those points (only can't remember where), the issue of whether the average dad is so lame as a primary caregiver because he's merely responding to the low expectations of his wife, transmitted in dozens of ways, or if John Ettorrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18229971392235689875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6610200.post-74358075969814373512008-06-26T12:01:00.000-04:002008-06-26T12:01:00.000-04:00"If you want to know why our mainstream news cover..."If you want to know why our mainstream news coverage resembles a middle-aged white guy, you need look no further than the newsrooms of most major newspapers."<BR/><BR/>I laughed at this line, until I thought about how un-funny it is. <BR/><BR/>As per John's comment. It's a chicken/egg thing. We can't possibly know how many women would put careers first if the financial rewards were enough to Michelle O'Neilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03221354521123541601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6610200.post-36733593451012846312008-06-26T10:34:00.000-04:002008-06-26T10:34:00.000-04:00I've said it before, and I'll no doubt say it agai...I've said it before, and I'll no doubt say it again: these dynamics will only change when a critical mass of female professionals are professionals first and moms second. Since that's rather unlikely to ever happen, I think the dynamics are unlikely to ever change. For thoroughly understandable reasons, or at least I would hope they're understandable, these jobs (like CEOs of Fortune 500 John Ettorrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18229971392235689875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6610200.post-5133723788009518322008-06-25T18:37:00.000-04:002008-06-25T18:37:00.000-04:00Yuck! This has got to change.Yuck! This has got to change.Wendy A. Hokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03039022203181979743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6610200.post-16896802738712575932008-06-25T17:59:00.000-04:002008-06-25T17:59:00.000-04:00I hear ya, lady - you are going to hate this (I kn...I hear ya, lady - you are going to hate this (I know I did):<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/23/business/media/23editorial.html?_r=2&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1214393976-+O30yvKfHAg1Bq9Nnw8T7Q" REL="nofollow">Study finds imbalance on op-ed pages</A>Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02175591212176951287noreply@blogger.com