From Los Angeles Times authored by Hugo Martin: “Despite the growth of the #MeToo movement, nearly 1 in 5 flight attendants say they have been the victims of physical sexual harassment in the last year — and have seen no efforts by their managers to address the problem. A survey of more than 3,500 flight […]
Category Archives: Family & Personal
Young Women Are Convinced Motherhood Is Going To Suck — And They’re Right
From Bustle authored by EJ Dickson: “I was surprised by this admission, to say the least. Sure, when I was a kid, my mom would sometimes complain about missing a field trip or a PTA meeting, but to be honest, she complained about most things, so it didn’t seem like her job ranked super high […]
Why Law Schools Are Failing Future Lawyers By Not Talking About Human Suffering
From Jeena Cho authored by Jeena Cho: “Lawyering is hard. Being human is hard. This human condition — as Buddha said: “the [first] noble truth of suffering: birth is suffering, aging is suffering, illness is suffering, death is suffering; union with what is displeasing is suffering; separation from what is pleasing is suffering; not to get […]
This Comic Perfectly Explains the Mental Load Working Mothers Bear
From Working Mother authored by Joseph Barberio: “Parenthood is a partnership, but sometimes it can be a bit uneven. As many working moms will tell you, some husbands often don’t do their fair share or need to be directed to do certain chores. Which leaves moms responsible for not only their half of parenting and household duties, […]
How to Cope When You’re Being Bullied at Work
From Time authored by Fran Hauser: “The first time I had to deal firsthand with a bully at work was when I was in my early 30s. My company was based in New York City, and my boss asked me to partner on a project with someone I immediately recognized as toxic. He was mean, he yelled, […]
Four Women Accuse New York’s Attorney General of Physical Abuse
From The New Yorker authored by Jane Myer and Ronan Farrow: Update: Three hours after the publication of this story, Schneiderman resigned from his position. “While these allegations are unrelated to my professional conduct or the operations of the office, they will effectively prevent me from leading the office’s work at this critical time,” he […]
Five Myths That Inhibit Workplace Equality
I’ve got good news and “bad” news: we can bring substantive change to workplace sexism issues. It’s good news since, of course, HELLO we all want to see things improve – we want to be viewed, treated, and respected as equals. So, YES! Let’s do this. It’s “bad” news since, OH MAN, change must also […]
Big Law Is Still an Old Boys’ Club
Being the minority, in any instance, makes you vulnerable to abuses by the majority. While women are no longer graduating law school in the minority – not for a while now, actually – we are still the minority in terms of overall numbers. Particularly so, too, in certain areas of law, such as litigation. This […]
Schools don’t know to handle girls’ menstrual periods, and their education is suffering because of it
IT’S FRIDAY! …HEY, do you know when your period is? Well, as a matter of fact, YOU probably do – but do you remember when you didn’t? Do you remember finding out for THE FIRST TIME? Or finding out for the first time WHAT WAS TOO LONG to go without changing your pad/tampon? You were, […]
Four Women Accuse New York’s Attorney General of Physical Abuse
From The New Yorker authored by Jane Mayer and Ronan Farrow : “Update: Three hours after the publication of this story, Schneiderman resigned from his position. “While these allegations are unrelated to my professional conduct or the operations of the office, they will effectively prevent me from leading the office’s work at this critical time,” […]
