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Feminine Power is the Future of Leadership Style

Author of the book, “The Future of Power,” Joseph Nye has hit the nail on the head about women and leadership. In a recent article he said that research shows that the more “feminine styles” of leadership are effective and that the old tough male stereotypes based on power-over others are falling from favour.

Mistress actually empowers some women

Sarah Symonds the famous recovering mistress (she had sex with Nicolas Cage!) now teaches husband hunters to become empowered and stop accepting second status love affairs. This is great. Sadly however, she became most famous for her criticisms of wives and mothers at home who “allowed” their husbands to stray. What she missed was

We need a new wonder woman

I can’t wait to watch the new documentary called “Wonder Women! The untold Story of American Super heroines,” directed by Kristy Guevara- Flanagan. It’s about the one rare superhero but also about why women and girls need strong powerful heroes that they can relate to. There are so few. Here’s to more women that

Female RCMP officer lost her job and boss get off free for sex in car

A female RCMP officer recently effectively lost her job for having sex in a police car with her boss, another higher ranking RCMP officer. Her husband apparently told all when he found out. When brought to “trial” a three officer panel held her guilty of disgraceful conduct and was essentially dismissed for lying about

Lingerie Football League is demeaning and pathetic

I can’t believe it’s really a sport. But yes there is actually a lingerie football league in which near naked women athletes compete. These women have no protection to prevent injury and “accidental nudity” is common. Although we like to poke fun at it, the fact that is that if it’s happening at all

Women are taught to be less confident

Women are taught to be less confident. They are not born this way. Ann Daly, a career coach dedicated to the advancement of women recently noticed that we teach our girls very specific approaches to confidence. We tell them that for girls to reach the top of the class they must be perfect. Absolutely

Fat is a feminine issue, again

Adele highlights our obsession with women’s bodies. So after the Grammy’s when Karl Lagerfeld thinks Adele is a little too fat we are reminded that if you are a woman it does not matter how brilliant you are, someone will notice your weight. I do not recall any comments on male opera singers’ physical shapes.

Civil liberties must be protected at all costs

Please listen when civil liberties lawyers speak! Today they are talking again about Bill 30 and our government’s (Safety Minister Vic Toew’s) suggestion that police officers need new laws to help them access your personal information and Internet use. You should be suspicious. As a lawyer I have seen too many erosions of personal

Porn is the elephant in the room

I agree with Paddy McCallum when he says, “Porn is the elephant in the room” as it relates to girls and boys fractured relationships. Kids are consuming vast amounts of extreme pornography and no one wants to talk about it. Mr McCallum, a seasoned teacher said in a recent news article that about 8

Hooray for Lauren Liu only 21 years old

Hooray for Laurin Lui the new 21-year-old rookie woman Member of Parliament in Ottawa. And though she is young and inexperienced, she shared a few wise words about discrimination recently in a Globe & Mail article. She said that she has to work harder and know her facts better and be more prepared than