I think Pandora's Box is finally opened in the USA. I was wondering how long it would take. To understand the depth of the moarning for women to sincerely be women whlle leading is to understand the first mortal woman in Greek mythology, Pandora.
PANDORA (click here) was the first mortal woman who was formed out of clay by the gods.
The Titan Prometheus was once assigned the task of creating the race of man. He afterwards grew displeased with the mean lot imposed on them by the gods and so stole fire from heaven. Zeus was angered and commanded Hephaistos (Hephaestus) and the other gods create the first woman Pandora, endowing her with beauty and cunning. He then had her delivered to Prometheus' foolish younger brother Epimetheus as a bride. Zeus gave Pandora a storage jar (pithos) as a wedding gift which she opened, releasing the swarm of evil spirits trapped within. These would forever after plague mankind. Only Elpis (Hope) remained behind, a single blessing to ease mankind's suffering....
"Patriarchy maybe the pinnacle of society. I don't think we know yet." That was a real statement by a PhD. professor in a "Women's Studies" program. I found it an astounding statement considering the life I had lived upto that day. I have suffered greatly for my feminism and it was absolutely astounding that a woman so esteemed would reflect that reality. This was a professor that lead "The Vagina Monologues" every year, even in the days of oppression under "W."
Today, I can say honestly and well witnessed, patriarchy is dead.
You see, the idea that feminism was never willing to admit as true, is that patriarchy was wrong. I always believed it was wrong and now it is confirmed; when men are given control of a society they only regard women as sex objects REGARDLESS of the woman's accomplishments. Or worse yet, women don't aspire to accomplishments unless they are a sex object.
The silence was deafening, wasn't it? Astounding to realize such ingrained values permeated the American society. It was ALMOST mutated into the American DNA.
See, Dr. Simon was the so-called pinnacle of success and the best a woman can hope for; a highly regarded academic that was appreciably rewarded. I don't hate her, I will leave that up to others that knew her better than I, but, iconically she was "IT."
No, she never made that statement to me. But, that was the resolve for women with ambition and aspirations to break "The Last Glass Ceiling" as well. Fit in. Fit into a man's world and win the highest titles with the greatest monetary rewards and feminism will have achieved it's greatest accomplishments.
NOT.
"The Silence Breakers" (click here) could not know they were actually launching a new nation. A nation of values feminism has longed to be a part of, but, had tucked into their velvet boxes of wishes.
The USA has a new horizon. A horizon where women are part of it's success in a way that brings wholesomeness to women in a way that will shift the paradigm of values in the USA. A new morality whereby women contribute and bring their sincere selves to the forefront of a society lost to a plutocracy that no longer values the human spirit, but, only seeks to harness it for wealth and power. Those days are dying a slow death, but, they are dying.
I find it most interesting the new horizon for the USA takes place with a patriarchal plutocrat in the Oval Office unable to lead. Women have to be full partners in all achievements, education, values and worth. Women leaders aren't sincerely known to the USA in a way that changes it's path to bring about a better country with complete descriptions of gender mix. It will happen and it has to happen. Women no longer have to be consultants and entrepreneurs to engage success on their own terms. The workplace is becoming safe enough to be themselves without stiletto heels and sexualized environments.
Don't stop now, it is only beginning. To those coming forward to claim their innocence among the wolves, thank you.
"Patriarchy maybe the pinnacle of society. I don't think we know yet." That was a real statement by a PhD. professor in a "Women's Studies" program. I found it an astounding statement considering the life I had lived upto that day. I have suffered greatly for my feminism and it was absolutely astounding that a woman so esteemed would reflect that reality. This was a professor that lead "The Vagina Monologues" every year, even in the days of oppression under "W."
Today, I can say honestly and well witnessed, patriarchy is dead.
You see, the idea that feminism was never willing to admit as true, is that patriarchy was wrong. I always believed it was wrong and now it is confirmed; when men are given control of a society they only regard women as sex objects REGARDLESS of the woman's accomplishments. Or worse yet, women don't aspire to accomplishments unless they are a sex object.
The silence was deafening, wasn't it? Astounding to realize such ingrained values permeated the American society. It was ALMOST mutated into the American DNA.
See, Dr. Simon was the so-called pinnacle of success and the best a woman can hope for; a highly regarded academic that was appreciably rewarded. I don't hate her, I will leave that up to others that knew her better than I, but, iconically she was "IT."
No, she never made that statement to me. But, that was the resolve for women with ambition and aspirations to break "The Last Glass Ceiling" as well. Fit in. Fit into a man's world and win the highest titles with the greatest monetary rewards and feminism will have achieved it's greatest accomplishments.
NOT.
"The Silence Breakers" (click here) could not know they were actually launching a new nation. A nation of values feminism has longed to be a part of, but, had tucked into their velvet boxes of wishes.
The USA has a new horizon. A horizon where women are part of it's success in a way that brings wholesomeness to women in a way that will shift the paradigm of values in the USA. A new morality whereby women contribute and bring their sincere selves to the forefront of a society lost to a plutocracy that no longer values the human spirit, but, only seeks to harness it for wealth and power. Those days are dying a slow death, but, they are dying.
I find it most interesting the new horizon for the USA takes place with a patriarchal plutocrat in the Oval Office unable to lead. Women have to be full partners in all achievements, education, values and worth. Women leaders aren't sincerely known to the USA in a way that changes it's path to bring about a better country with complete descriptions of gender mix. It will happen and it has to happen. Women no longer have to be consultants and entrepreneurs to engage success on their own terms. The workplace is becoming safe enough to be themselves without stiletto heels and sexualized environments.
Don't stop now, it is only beginning. To those coming forward to claim their innocence among the wolves, thank you.
December 12, 2014By Kyle Feldshar
...Simon will complete her 10th year (click here) as Michigan State’s president at the end of December. She’s the second-longest serving university leader among the 14 Big Ten schools.
Simon previously made $520,000 per year, amounting to a 44 percent increase.
The announcement of Simon’s salary seemed to upset one student in the gallery.
The student stood up before trustees were to vote and said the university uses adjunct professors to save costs and should use an adjunct president. When the student was asked to sit down and allow the meeting to proceed, he refused and a Michigan State Police Department officer escorted him out of the meeting.
Outside the meeting, the student could be heard yelling “Get your hands off me” repeatedly as the sounds of a struggle made their way into the mostly quiet meeting room. Emily Kollaritsch, a senior at Michigan State who attended the meeting, said the student was taken to the Michigan State police department and released Friday afternoon.
After the student was led away, Simon emphasized she didn’t want the raise.
“This is not what I requested,” Simon said. “Trustee (Joel) Ferguson and other members of the board were very clear that they were my bosses in this regard and this is something that would be done at their request.”
Ferguson called raising Simon’s salary “an on-going battle” but believed it was the right thing to do.
Lyons mentioned Simon and her husband often give money back to the university through donations and have given more than $1 million back to the university.
“President Simon’s salary has historically been tens, or even hundreds, of thousands of dollars lower than those of the president of many other Big Ten institutions, despite her tenure in office and national leadership roles,” Lyons said.
Other trustees greeted the decision to raise Simon’s salary with praise for the president. Trustee Faylene Owen, who was also honored by trustees during her last meeting on the board, recalled an instance when a room of people meeting with Simon were blown away by her presence.
“This woman could not only talk the talk and walk the walk, she was amazing with how she understood everything,” Owen said.
