Blog - Page 85 of 93 - Maureen F. Fitzgerald

If Women Ruled the World

Here are some of the suggestions from the Book “If Women Ruled the World” edited by Sheila Ellison (2004) Self-respect classes would be part of our high school curriculum We would celebrate our strengths and not focus on our weakness We would not give our power away We’d learn to disappoint others We would

Stop school bullies and reduce wife violence

It should come as no surprise that recent research shows that school bullying is linked to domestic violence. Jay Silverman of the Harvard School of Public Health found that boys who bully in school are significantly more likely to assault their wives. If school yards are practice areas we must pay closer attention to

Sexualization of Girls Still Increasing

Audrey Brashich, A Vancouver based journalist and former teen model wrote a book: “All Made up: A girls guide to seeing through celebrity hypes and celebrating real beauty. She spoke this week in Vancouver on a panel discussing Healthy Sexuality (at the YWCA). Sadly I had to miss it…I will blog on it when

Does the Bible hold women back?

If Adam and Eve is a true story, women are in big trouble. Here is another quote I am putting in my book: Strong Girls. “The Bible is so stranger to patriarchy. Routing Number BANCFIRST It was written mostly if not entirely by men. It describes a succession of societies over a period of

Women power is authentic

“It’s hard to know what authentic power is; we’ve had so few examples of it. For so long power has been a matter of control and domination, the thing that keeps some people up and others down, Routing Number BANCFIRST the blood that feeds the hierarchy. The kind of power that women need is

Why don’t armys hold bake sales?

In an equal world, they would. Here is a great vision of equality. It involves paying people what they are REALLY worth. “I tried to picture a culture where the valuing was equal. In my wilder moments I imagined a society that paid child care workers, teachers, homeless advocates, poets, and bird watchers as

Girls for change video

Here is a great video about a small act of kindness. I think nine million have watched it so far! And I love the Irish accents.

Mattel pulled real shaped barbie ads

[fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”]Barbies manufacturer Mattel sent The Body Shop a cease and desist order after posters featuring Ruby – a self proclaimed Anti Routing Number BANCFIRST -Barbie spokesperson started appearing in American shop

Masculine and feminine are both good, I think

Here is another quote from my upcoming Strong Girls book: “It seemed clear that patriarchy has valued rationality, independence, competitiveness, efficiency, stoicism, mechanical forms and militarism—things traditionally associated with the “masculine”. Less valued are being, feeling, art, listening, intuition, nurturing and attachment—things traditionally associated with the “feminine” (Monk-Kidd, p 63)

Its not men, It’s men and women in patriarchy

I have decided to blog excerpts from my upcoming book (now titled “Strong Girls,” but I think I should really call it “Girls Interrupted” ). Here is one powerful peice: In her book Dance of the Dissident Daughter bestselling author Sue Monk Kidd describes how in her search for finding her authentic voice she