Women’s Equality – Maureen F. Fitzgerald

The Roots of Workplace Gender Inequality

This is a great article: “The Roots of Workplace Gender Inequality” from Stanford University. It shows how although women and men both suffer from absurd work expectations, women also face the “career crushers” of discrimination and stigma from taking time off – that men do not. Also, this article shows how resistant senior executives

Quote of the Day

Fifty years ago French feminist thinker Simone de Beauvoir proclaimed in The Second Sex (1952): “One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.” With these electrifying words de Beauvoir asserted that women were defined not through biology or psychology, but through the social and cultural experience of having to constantly be the “other”

I Got My First Death Threat

I just got my first death threat. I am terrified. It was in response to an article I wrote this week on Toxic Masculinity and how it harms men and relationships. I got a four-paragraph, graphically violent (think men’s genitals) e-mail death threat. Words like “I want to choke you until you die” type

Why Digging up the 4 Roots of Patriarchy is Critical to Equality

Good news: The WOMEN DELIVER conference is now on in Vancouver. It is an amazing gathering of men and women from around the world who seek gender equality. I am moved to tears from all of the stories of women’s continued oppression AND I am reminded that until we deal with the DEEPEST ROOTS

Why This Abortion Law Changes Everything

This is HUGE. Women have been fighting for thousands of years to have ownership of their own bodies. And in one day, a small handful of men can take this away with a single law. I can’t believe this is 2019! Jessica Valenti wrote a great article on Medium.com entitled “Anti-Abortion Lawmakers Have No

How to Talk to Your Teenage Daughter About Sex

Here is a letter I wrote for my daughter: 12 things I wish my mother told me about sex. Dear Teen Daughter, When I was a teenager a friend of mine got pregnant. Another got talked into having sex when she did not want to. A third got raped by her boyfriend and a fourth

What Pissed Off Moms Really Want For Mother’s Day

“The fact that women have the intellectual capacity of rocket scientists, the biological capabilities of mothers, the learned and inherent talents of nurturers, and the socially imposed responsibilities of domestic managers, does not mean these pieces will fit neatly together at once.” -Karen Engberg As Mother’s Day approaches, I decided to ask a few

Mothers PLEASE Teach your Daughters about Marriage!

A friend of mine just bought my book, “Motherhood is Madness” and read it in two days (a record time!). She then bought 10 copies for her friends and her 3 daughters. And then she asked for the Manifesto – which I am posting here. Here are her words: “This completely describes my life

Here is my tedx talk on implicit bias

Yippeee… I am so excited to share my TEDx talk! The title is: “Implicit Bias: How We Hold Women Back.” Please share widely!

Come learn how to use your VOTE for equality

Come join Women Transforming Cities on June 24! A women-friendly forum is being held in Vancouver to bring together diverse women with civic leadership to share their experiences and inspiration. We will explore opportunities and barriers to women’s political participation in Vancouver and discuss issues facing women and girls that you want municipal candidates to address