Comments for Pinkvox http://pinkvox.com Redefining Women Empowerment - Connect . Collaborate . Change Tue, 15 May 2012 14:59:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on The most important career choice you’ll make by Annex Achieng http://pinkvox.com/the-most-important-career-choice-youll-make/#comment-152 Annex Achieng Tue, 15 May 2012 14:59:31 +0000 http://pinkvox.com/?p=3772#comment-152 True. The 'idea' as our daily reference point. In sickness and in health. True. The ‘idea’ as our daily reference point. In sickness and in health.

]]> Comment on Best FRENEMIS forever by Lucille Morgan http://pinkvox.com/best-frenemis-foreve/#comment-151 Lucille Morgan Mon, 14 May 2012 22:40:33 +0000 http://pinkvox.com/?p=3783#comment-151 Too true! Too true!

]]> Comment on The most important career choice you’ll make by Lucille Morgan http://pinkvox.com/the-most-important-career-choice-youll-make/#comment-149 Lucille Morgan Thu, 10 May 2012 23:23:15 +0000 http://pinkvox.com/?p=3772#comment-149 Thanks Sangha, an education in making good choices is sorely needed. Thanks Sangha, an education in making good choices is sorely needed.

]]> Comment on The most important career choice you’ll make by Sangha http://pinkvox.com/the-most-important-career-choice-youll-make/#comment-148 Sangha Thu, 10 May 2012 10:36:09 +0000 http://pinkvox.com/?p=3772#comment-148 Lucille, thank you! Great article, enjoyed reading it. Can't agree more that you marry an "idea" not an "ideal". Lucille, thank you! Great article, enjoyed reading it. Can’t agree more that you marry an “idea” not an “ideal”.

]]> Comment on Shake ‘n’ Bake – The Real Politics of Tanning and Lightening by Shake ‘n’ Bake @PinkVox « FeministActionCambridge http://pinkvox.com/shake-n-bake-the-real-politics-of-tanning-and-lightening/#comment-146 Shake ‘n’ Bake @PinkVox « FeministActionCambridge Wed, 02 May 2012 00:02:37 +0000 http://pinkvox.com/?p=3712#comment-146 [...] http://pinkvox.com/shake-n-bake-the-real-politics-of-tanning-and-lightening/ Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:LikeBe the first to like this post. [...] [...] http://pinkvox.com/shake-n-bake-the-real-politics-of-tanning-and-lightening/ Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:LikeBe the first to like this post. [...]

Delete

]]> Comment on Maze of Midlife Crisis and Craving by Lucille Morgan http://pinkvox.com/maze-of-midlife-crisis-and-craving/#comment-143 Lucille Morgan Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:49:52 +0000 http://pinkvox.com/?p=3678#comment-143 Good advice Jill, live now not later! Good advice Jill, live now not later!

]]> Comment on Down the Rabbit Hole: How a call from the home contents insurer twists a trail along a principle root of female oppression by ercornwall http://pinkvox.com/how-a-call-from-the-home-contents-insurer-twists-a-trail-along-a-principle-root-of-female-oppression/#comment-141 ercornwall Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:49:13 +0000 http://pinkvox.com/?p=3574#comment-141 Yes, materially, greater educational attainment seems to prevent recourse to prostitution and a bump up the class ladder, acting as a buffer, with the poorest most disadvantaged women lining the social bottom. But socially the gendered nature of education [with women collected in the humanities and arts and men in the sciences and technologies] serves to reinforce a trade in women through the marriage system. A degree equals a great increase in dowry/bride price, and a degree in the arts or languages is considered a desirable add on for the modern woman. Much in the same way that the 'accomplishments' of regency ladies, like speaking french or playing the piano, were a selling feature for the marriage market. Misogynists [particularly the religious kind] feel that education of women is for the benefit of their children and/or the home life of men, rather than a goal in itself. Its interesting- the value of degrees depends on their gendered nature too. With the 'hard' subjects like maths being masculine and the 'soft' subjects like art being feminine; with greater value being placed on 'masculine' subjects and 'feminine' subjects being considered a waste of money, even as the cost of the degree rises. Then there is the possibility of women finding that the only way they can earn enough to pay for that degree is by going into the sex industry in some way- as a stripper or lapdancer for example. Why do you think this closing of the circle [where poor women at the social bottom end up in the sex industry and meet richer better educated women there too] is happening? Yes, materially, greater educational attainment seems to prevent recourse to prostitution and a bump up the class ladder, acting as a buffer, with the poorest most disadvantaged women lining the social bottom. But socially the gendered nature of education [with women collected in the humanities and arts and men in the sciences and technologies] serves to reinforce a trade in women through the marriage system. A degree equals a great increase in dowry/bride price, and a degree in the arts or languages is considered a desirable add on for the modern woman. Much in the same way that the ‘accomplishments’ of regency ladies, like speaking french or playing the piano, were a selling feature for the marriage market. Misogynists [particularly the religious kind] feel that education of women is for the benefit of their children and/or the home life of men, rather than a goal in itself.
Its interesting- the value of degrees depends on their gendered nature too. With the ‘hard’ subjects like maths being masculine and the ‘soft’ subjects like art being feminine; with greater value being placed on ‘masculine’ subjects and ‘feminine’ subjects being considered a waste of money, even as the cost of the degree rises.
Then there is the possibility of women finding that the only way they can earn enough to pay for that degree is by going into the sex industry in some way- as a stripper or lapdancer for example. Why do you think this closing of the circle [where poor women at the social bottom end up in the sex industry and meet richer better educated women there too] is happening?

]]> Comment on Down the Rabbit Hole: How a call from the home contents insurer twists a trail along a principle root of female oppression by John Wallis http://pinkvox.com/how-a-call-from-the-home-contents-insurer-twists-a-trail-along-a-principle-root-of-female-oppression/#comment-140 John Wallis Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:36:25 +0000 http://pinkvox.com/?p=3574#comment-140 Fascinating and so true. The patriarchy is embedded at the roots of our material life. I wonder what the role of education is in all this. On the one hand having an education is supposed to be a non-material alternative way to store wealth, ie, conceptualised as a way to prevent recourse to prostitution; but at the same time, as we know, it's deeply gendered and often a key means of reentrenching patriarchy still further. Plus it seems that educational infrastructure is built on the same material systems described here; almost a continuation of them. Is educational qualification just another way a woman is supposed to "own" herself, in order to sell herself more effectively? Does it make the ultimate (lack of) option of prostitution more or less likely? Fascinating and so true. The patriarchy is embedded at the roots of our material life. I wonder what the role of education is in all this. On the one hand having an education is supposed to be a non-material alternative way to store wealth, ie, conceptualised as a way to prevent recourse to prostitution; but at the same time, as we know, it’s deeply gendered and often a key means of reentrenching patriarchy still further. Plus it seems that educational infrastructure is built on the same material systems described here; almost a continuation of them. Is educational qualification just another way a woman is supposed to “own” herself, in order to sell herself more effectively? Does it make the ultimate (lack of) option of prostitution more or less likely?

]]> Comment on I know how she does it all? by Sangha http://pinkvox.com/i-know-how-she-does-it-all/#comment-139 Sangha Fri, 13 Apr 2012 21:48:25 +0000 http://pinkvox.com/?p=3566#comment-139 Nice article Annex. You have put it so aptly "perfect" mother is a myth period ( except for our own mums in our own eyes) :) ! Nice article Annex. You have put it so aptly “perfect” mother is a myth period ( except for our own mums in our own eyes) :) !

]]> Comment on Why Fail? 5 lessons to take away from scary business failures by Sangha http://pinkvox.com/five-lessons-to-take-away-from-scary-business-failures/#comment-138 Sangha Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:18:53 +0000 http://pinkvox.com/?p=3564#comment-138 Excellent article Josephine! here, I would also add one of the main reasons why business fails is due to incorrect partnership or misaligned cofounder commitments. The right cofounders and business partners are one of the key levers for a successful business (as you have very rightly asserted in your other article "Cofounders are your spouses") Excellent article Josephine! here, I would also add one of the main reasons why business fails is due to incorrect partnership or misaligned cofounder commitments. The right cofounders and business partners are one of the key levers for a successful business (as you have very rightly asserted in your other article “Cofounders are your spouses”)

]]>