What do you think about all the questions regarding Sarah Palin’s ability to serve as vice president because she has five children? Though still on vacation in Maine, but with both Democratic and Republican conventions going on, I can't help but getting political news...and it's making my blood boil. Last week I watched sexism happen with Hillary's speech supporting Barack Obama (see my thoughts in a previous blog below). This week, it's another kind of sexism with Sarah Palin.
Did anyone question Joe Biden when he suffered the tragic loss of his spouse and daughter in a car accident that left his two sons hospitalized for extended periods? Biden was a single parent who admitted that being a parent was more important than serving in the US Congress. He decided not to live in Washington so he could be home with his kids at night? Did anyone tell him to quit? NO. In fact, his was encouraged to continue his political career.
How about John Edwards? He’s an older father of two very young children and his spouse is battling life-threatening cancer. During his run for the presidential nomination, who questioned his ability to focus on the presidency because he was in the midst of personal crisis? NO ONE.
So, why is anyone discussing Sarah Palin’s ability to do her job while raising a family? Palin has already proved she can do a high profile job. Just like you, she is capable of functioning in higher level positions and raising a family.
This issue is about more than a female vice-president. It’s about you and your future success. Sure you can get those mid-level managerial jobs, but what about the executive positions. Do you think your career is suffering due to sexist-related concerns?
Tell me what you think.
By the way, check out my latest newsletter’s skillbuilding article and victory stretch about working women and guilt – with an Olympic twist.
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sexism at its height......having been employed in corporate America for 20+ years, I can certainly relate to the struggles that Sarah Palin is facing.....based on my professional quotas, there was absolutely no reason why I should not have been offered more/better opportunities; watching MEN pass me by, accepting the positions that could have and should have been, at the very least, proposed to me. And, believe it or not, it was actually verbalized that "oh, you're a woman"..........
I certainly appreciate the fact that America has made some progress with racial discrimination now, but we women have a long, long way to go.
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