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        <title><![CDATA[To add...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[...arrogance isn't demographically specific.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[deetomarto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:30:09 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[What is the point?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[&quot;Men: You may want to rethink your position&quot;About what?  My gender?  I'm not changing that soon.&quot;There are many men who still view the world like it was ten years ago. Without modifying their perspective and behavior, they are in danger of becoming yesterday?s news and losing relevance in the career ladders.&quot;OK.  What modifications are you suggesting?  H3ck!  I don't even have a career ladder.  Losing relevance?  Maybe.&quot;The world is changing. Smart people make adjustments when they see trends that cannot be held back. As a gender, many of us males need to reconsider where we are and how we act. We need to ask ourselves hard questions about our future and adjust.&quot;OK.  Color me stupid.  What are the hard questions?  HOW do we adjust?Just my opinion, but this article is too vague.  It throws out the sex, sexism question but doesn't really bring any new facts or ideas.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[LocoLobo]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:41:51 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[How About Some Common Sense?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This recession has negatively affected two industries: Construction and manufacturing (mainly auto).  Healthcare and education (and other public sector jobs) are booming in this economy.  On the surface it's easy to see that the construction and manufacturing sectors are disproportionately male-dominated while the healthcare and education fields are disproportionately female-dominated.Face it, public education will always have funding since it's a taboo to take money away from &quot;the children&quot;.  Additionally, healthcare has benefitted from the recession with the government pumping billions and even trillions into it.  Add to this the fact that now, public sector employees make more money than the private sector.I wish we had more context behind these numbers since statistics can be misinterpreted as much as scripture.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jmarkovic32]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:19:37 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[The Guys Are Absolutely Owning in This Thread!!!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[What's up ladies?  Any counter-points?  As a man, maybe I'll take 3 months off to take care of my newborn baby and see how that's viewed in the workplace.  And the next person that uses the term &quot;reverse-discrimation&quot; is going to get a virtual punch in the face.  There's no such thing.  It's either discrimination or not.  Saying &quot;reverse-discrimination&quot; implies that only minorities can be discriminated against and in the &quot;rare&quot; cases that it's the other way around, we have to create a &quot;special&quot; word for that.Give me a ****** break.  We live in a f***ed up society that thinks equality is treating minorities better than the majority.  Men are always portrayed as buffoons and idiots on TV.  It's like white people in anything directed by Tyler Perry.  Men have been conditioned over the years to just accept it even to the point of self-deprication.  Think about it, would you feel appalled watching a movie or TV show where the woman was a complete idiot?Secondly, why has being a stay at home mom become a denigrating thing in today's society?  Why is raising kids and taking care of the household seen as something contemptible?  Why have women defined this as something as lowly as digging ditches and scooping up road-kill?  We need to come to the realization that men and women aren't equal creatures. Not being equal doesn't make one greater than the other.  A fork and knife aren't equal in form or function, but try enjoying a nice juicy steak without one or the other.  Both are equal in value.  Men and women are complementary creatures.  They both complement the weaknesses of the other.]]></description>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 07:08:23 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Good point.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Race, gender etc... that's all about &quot;divide et impera&quot;, setting people against one another.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jkameleon@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 15:05:36 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: Men: You may want to re-think your position]]></title>
        <link><![CDATA[http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-332692-3318473]]></link>
        <description><![CDATA[How about we try viewing people as people, not a gender.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[deetomarto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:50:45 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Unfortunately...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[It can be difficult to figure out, sometimes, who's hands are tied by a FEDERAL LAW/Regulation and who will hide their own bigotry behind such a law/regulation.As far as the hiring goes, I with you. THE best candidate for the job is the one I'd hire (in your example, person 1.)]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[DaemonSlayer]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:30:04 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Plus (+) 1,000,000,000]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Agreed on the militants.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[DaemonSlayer]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:23:02 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I don't think anyone]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[has said that males discriminating against females isn't still going on in places. What I hear is the cry of &quot;foul&quot; due to some very vocal anti-men women living double standards. (IOW: It's OK for them to discriminate against men, put them down, and &quot;in their place&quot; but if a man were to try that to them... then crucify them as a message to the world while they castrate the rest of the men so they can't do it.)BOTH practices are wrong, double standards on such behavior should not be tolerated just as much, if not more so, as the original harmful wrong behavior.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[DaemonSlayer]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:18:57 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Good points made.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Crippling one group to give another a better chance is just as wrong as not giving the other group a chance.As far as shoe on the other foot. Agreed, and it's a double standard. Just like the double standard of one ethnic group calling each other derogatory and demeaning words, yet someone else of another ethnic background comes along, uses the same word(s) in the same reference and sentence, and the real-world translation is &quot;I have decided I wish to die now.&quot; AND as you said women love the power of &quot;sexual harassment&quot; prosecution given to them. Albeit, it was one needed, it now can be very easily abused and used like a club to get what they want. (NOT all women will do this, but enough will.)As I've noted elsewhere, I'm all for the best person for the job, irregardless of gender or ethnicity.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[DaemonSlayer]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:08:34 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[And of course...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[the blanket rejection given will be the generic &quot;Does not fit...&quot; One that will be used to cover up a whole host of unwritten discriminatory actions, that unless someone slips (and makes themselves a scape-goat in the process) and blurts it out in a form they can actually be held accountable for, is very-nearly impossible to prove.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[DaemonSlayer]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:56:58 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yepp...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Biology is only part of the equation. &quot;Castrating&quot; males to make them less of a threat to the powers that be is a part too. So is affirmative action in general. (When I sya castrating males, I don't mean literally neutering them, but destroying naturally instilled values, actions, and preferences.) This goes deeper and farther than any &quot;Glass ceiling&quot; destruction.Basing employee bases on ethnic or gender demographic goals can be as much harm as the intended harm that it (EoE) was created to discourage. (It has turned into reverse-discrimination.)I have no problem with any minority (whether that minority be &quot;female&quot; or &quot;non-caucasion&quot;) as I prefer to look at the individual level, not at some &quot;PC&quot; garbage quota. (Being PC doesn't do away with segregation at all... think: &quot;African-American,&quot; &quot;Asian-American,&quot; &quot;Native-American,&quot; &quot;Arab-American,&quot; etc. It just disguises it as &quot;ethnic heritage pride.&quot;)Now with all that said, If a female has the aptitude, interest, and desire to pursue a job in a &quot;male dominated&quot; industry/jopb/occupation/hobby, more power to them, and don't discourage them. Just don't stack the deck to give them an easier time at it than a male has.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[DaemonSlayer]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:44:04 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[North Koreans work their a$$es off]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I would love to see a female north korean resumes on my desk.I would hire her in a second!]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[khiggins1979]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:01:44 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yo, and Welcome. Ditto, I work in Bat.  NT]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[melias@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:01:07 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[thanks for the reply Vald!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I believe bull-markets (short periods of unsustainable economic growth) are a mere by-product of the free-market business cycle. The gender of the leaders/captains of industry during such periods is half-chance.  I think that scope is too narrow in this context; bull markets last half a dozen years at best.I'm arguing to embrace more long term (3 generation+) trends; Comparing bedouin culture vrs amazon culture is a decent example.  In our society, industries that have been saturated as a functional necessity; healthcare, education, and now information technology, are traditionally dominated by females.The pirates of silicon valley were brave and ambitious boys.  We needed them and rewarded them very kindly. But it is important to understand that for every Bill Gates or Steve Jobbs out there, a hundred thousand other boys didn't make the cut.  The author danced around the real question: It's not why did these boys eat ramen noodles and hard boiled eggs while working 80 hours a week coding and fiddling with motherboards, but why didn't females?I think that answer is hidden deep in our survival code; buried deep within our DNA.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[khiggins1979]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:43:27 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[just a small comment]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Actually some socio-economics analyst say is the other way around. Bull market periods seem to be dominated by male figures while during recessions females seems to take control. There are plenty of hypothesis why this happen but in the end it is clearly a noticeable social pattern.   I believe understanding this issue scientifically and letting aside our preconceptions and personal vendettas is the way to go. nice post.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[valduboisvert@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 09:23:57 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Way Back When]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Way back when I was in High School, in the mid 80's, out guidance counselors pushed the girls towards college, but really just didn't push the boys anywhere. I did very well in school, mostly A?s, my girlfriend did about the same. We both were in the same classes and had taken the same college prep tests and the like. However, even though I scored slightly higher on most testing, the counselors spent most of their time and efforts convincing her to go to college, the one time I met with my counselor I told him I wasn?t sure what I wanted to do, and that maybe college wasn?t the place for me. He said OK, and I never heard from him again, ever. My girlfriend and most of the girls were hounded by the counselors and most eventually went to college. Most of those girls now are stay at home moms and I eventually decided to go to college in my 30?s. I feel the system and the counselors specifically let me down, if they spent half as much time on me as the girls, I would have went to college and gotten a much earlier start. I think that has been a dangerous trend for 30+ years that needs to be revisited.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CaptMorgan]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:43:35 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[King of All He Cedes!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Being an expert &quot;he-ceder&quot;, I can speak with some authority on this topic. &quot;I've been laid off so many times...&quot; There's a joke in there somewhere if it weren't so true. Every time the economy hiccups, I lose my job. I'm beginning to take it personally. Dotcom bubble-bursting -- lost job. Underemployed for 3 years. Housing bubble-bursting -- lost job. Underemployed 1+ year and rising.I am part of the new demographic. NPR cited a survey that for the first time in US History, Women have surpassed men as the top household wage-earners. Does that mean women have finally closed the &quot;wage gap&quot;? Unfortunately, no. It reflects the fact that the majority of jobs lost in recent years were held by men. So, if the woman works, she's the top, and only, household wage-earner. So -- epic fail on both sides of the gender aisle.Nonetheless, I consider myself fortunate. My wife has a great job she enjoys. She is well-respected and well-paid. Otherwise, I'd be SOL.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mjstelly]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:34:12 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[two words - availability heuristics]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Blinders block vision from both sides. To infer that all women have access to traditionally male-dominated employment simply because your daughter has the interest, aptitude, and resources to attend an engineering program (re: availability heuristic) is, at best, short-sighted.  Gender discrimination impacts the lives of millions of women everyday.Stating &quot;my daughter has X; therefore all females have X&quot; is flawed logic and as unsupported as the arguments the OP rejects.In any event, the OP's point is only tangentially related to the article. It's not about &quot;glass ceilings, doors, or walls&quot; but about the changing demographic of the US labor force.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[mjstelly]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:19:23 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[&quot;To make prisoner population gender balanced&quot;]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[ Got to remember that.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[jkameleon@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 03:30:52 -0700</pubDate>
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