tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post7181192167566634598..comments2024-03-22T02:15:56.280-07:00Comments on Jersey Jazzman: War Against Teachers = War Against WomenDukehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-10680986167141396392012-03-11T05:46:30.547-07:002012-03-11T05:46:30.547-07:00The Glass Ceiling still exists today! So sad...The Glass Ceiling still exists today! So sad...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-42084985867641923402012-03-10T18:34:55.924-08:002012-03-10T18:34:55.924-08:00Well put. Women's work is never as important o...Well put. Women's work is never as important or worth the same sort of pay as men's work.StacyGKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13206291310513471806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-71939704441398256142012-03-10T11:04:36.046-08:002012-03-10T11:04:36.046-08:00Nancy - dear lord, I've never heard about that...Nancy - dear lord, I've never heard about that column. That's amazing! I've got to find a copy of that. <br /><br />More tomorrow.Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-76307804402945068162012-03-10T10:58:00.333-08:002012-03-10T10:58:00.333-08:00Brilliant. Flat-out brilliant. And thanks for sayi...Brilliant. Flat-out brilliant. And thanks for saying it. When I started teaching, in the 1970s, there were almost no women band directors, and the ones there were had no personal lives, struggling to prove that they could run powerhouse music programs. <br /><br />Until the mid-80s, Instrumentalist magazine ran a column called "The Band Director's Wife" written by Bill Moffatt's wife, who opined on such things as running the band phone fanout and what a BD Wife ought to carry in her emergency sewing kit on band trips.<br /><br />Conservatives go after the low-hanging fruit first, sad to say.Nancy Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00047575960944913289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-76160556927385790692012-03-10T10:28:12.970-08:002012-03-10T10:28:12.970-08:00Prof Lugg, I didn't know that about Waller - i...Prof Lugg, I didn't know that about Waller - interesting. Schlaffly has largely disappeared from the American consciousness, but I'm old enough to remember her hypocrisy and moral tut-tutting. Rhee is, in many ways, her successor.<br /><br />I'll have another post tomorrow on this; thanks to you-know-who, I have some fascinating numbers to share that really put a fine point on all this.<br /><br />Everyone, thanks for commenting and reading.Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-80677506660590917602012-03-10T08:25:30.614-08:002012-03-10T08:25:30.614-08:00Absolutely! And here's a bit of historical con...Absolutely! And here's a bit of historical context: In 1933, the father of educational sociology, Willard Waller opined in standard his college text,<br /><br />"Education is a profession for second rate men and unmarriageable women."<br /><br />Duke, you're correct. With public school teacher bashing, it's all about gender. But that's always been the case in the US. *SIGH!* <br /><br />And the Michelle Rhee's and Phyllis Schlaffly's GAIN POWER by being just as bigoted as their boys. Schlaffly, in particular, had the most NON-Traditional careers. But very few folks point this out.calugghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08181162384964123706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-61423976755488519762012-03-10T08:04:17.221-08:002012-03-10T08:04:17.221-08:00Every time I bring this up, I get a grin and a sha...Every time I bring this up, I get a grin and a shake of the head from men AND women. Well, not every time but close enough. Thank you for this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-69921831607981500872012-03-10T06:33:29.641-08:002012-03-10T06:33:29.641-08:00Steal away my friend!Steal away my friend!Mother Crusaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05282456501033994143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-65189233203872919292012-03-10T06:31:51.732-08:002012-03-10T06:31:51.732-08:00You know the rule: you post it here, I can steal i...You know the rule: you post it here, I can steal it! Adding to above - thx Darcie!Dukehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16535645107179796099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025948832913694345.post-56088122266450795762012-03-10T06:18:04.050-08:002012-03-10T06:18:04.050-08:00I've been saying this for years Duke!
What ...I've been saying this for years Duke! <br /><br />What percentage of firefighters are women? 2%<br /><br />http://www.spokesmanreview.com/news-story.asp?date=031702&id=s1117497<br /><br />And police officers?<br /><br />In 2007 in the largest cities women accounted for only 18%.<br /><br />http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/wle8708.pdf<br /><br />Guess we know why they go after teachers and not firefighters or police, huh?Mother Crusaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05282456501033994143noreply@blogger.com