{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"46052256","dateCreated":"1320957425","smartDate":"Nov 10, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"carinada","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/carinada","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/46052256"},"dateDigested":1532141262,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Current Event Response","description":"I agree with the article entirely because everything that is said is accurate. It's definitely not fair for women to have such high standards in everything and not have people, especially men, to not realize how much women have to do to look "good". Women do have to be the superwomen in order to be something wonderful. It's not fair that society calls on the supermom to fix every problem at home. It's not only her family, it's the father's job as well. Also, it isn't fair that women are so highly discriminated against in the work force because they have almost no power. I find it pretty disgusting how the article brings up the fact that women aren't allowed to joke with the men and how women are not allowed to take anything so personally. This article is very true which really frustrates me. Something really needs to be done to fix this problem.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"46003512","dateCreated":"1320911445","smartDate":"Nov 9, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"SteffanieTanaka","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/SteffanieTanaka","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/46003512"},"dateDigested":1532141262,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Current Events Response","description":"I thought that this article was ver pertinent to our everyday lives, and also very interesting. I was not that surprised to see that women are much less recognized and do not hold the highest position of CEO's as often as men do. I was shocked, however, at the difference in numbers. I knew that there would be a fewer number of women who have high business positions, however I was not aware that the gap was that drastic. I agreed with the article on the point about how women in business are expected to be "superwomen" meaning that they have to be perfect in every aspect of their lives, both in and out of the company. I was really taken aback at the statement that said that women who wanted to be CEO of a company needed to be "good looking, but not too good looking." I thought that it was irrelevant that a woman has to look a certain way. I also that it was unfair to women, because there are men of all shapes and sizes who hold high positions in the workplace. I also think that it is unfair because they are held to such high standards not only in the workplace, but also at home. They have to be the perfect example whereas men are not held to such standards outside of business.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"45969138","dateCreated":"1320874101","smartDate":"Nov 9, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"mieminami","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/mieminami","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/45969138"},"dateDigested":1532141262,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Current Event Response","description":"I think this article is a good portrayal of some of the modern expectations society holds for women. Some of this is true, as moms tend to be the one more involved and the one to juggle schedules around for the whole family. I know that in my family, my mom has more of the final say. My brother and I go to her to ask for money, if we can go out, or even help in school assignments or sports. I sometimes ask my dad for help in things like math or science, where as I go to my mom for everything else. This may be because moms tend to be more involved or want to be involved in kid's lives. She wants to know every little detail about my life. I have also noticed that my mom is the leader of the household, rather than my dad. Anything I ask my dad, has to be run by my mom. Dad is a doctor, so his schedule is tighter and harder to alter. In that way, if my brother or I have an appointment in the middle of the day or school function, it is my mom who comes and picks me up. I do not like how, as the article says, "women are held to such high standards that it is nearly impossible for them to become CEO of a company." There is too much pressure placed upon women in that way. It is also kind of insulting to men how their standard is considerable lower than woman's therefore they get the big CEO job. But at the same time it is unfair to expect so much out of women, that if they don't reach that extremely high level, they are not good enough.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"45911614","dateCreated":"1320828888","smartDate":"Nov 9, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"sacarlil","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/sacarlil","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/45911614"},"dateDigested":1532141262,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Response","description":"This article accurately describes the place women hold in society. Sure wome are getting jobs as CEOs and top business people, but it takes a lotmore effort on a female's part to make her way up the socio-economicladder. As statex in the article, women have various standards to live by. They must be perfect in practically every way, as a mother, a daughter, a colleague, a friend. Women sure do have their job cut out for them. I've had experience with this with my own mother. My mom is a pediatrician who works many hours each week. Somehow, she finds time to get dinner on the table, get us where we need to be, and take care of us. Women are amazing people. I dont think the high standards are necessarily bad, because the standards give women a good challenge and make them stronger people in all aspects of life.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"45911748","body":"This article accurately describes the place women hold in society. Sure women are getting jobs as CEOs and top business people, but it takes a lot more effort on a female's part to make her way up the socio-economic ladder. As stated in the article, women have various standards to live by. They must be perfect in practically every way, as a mother, a daughter, a colleague, a friend. Women sure do have their job cut out for them. I've had experience with this with my own mother. My mom is a pediatrician who works many hours each week. Somehow, she finds time to get dinner on the table, get us where we need to be, and take care of us. Women are amazing people. I dont think the high standards are necessarily bad, because the standards give women a good challenge and make them stronger people in all aspects of life.","dateCreated":"1320829174","smartDate":"Nov 9, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"sacarlil","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/sacarlil","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"45911318","dateCreated":"1320827950","smartDate":"Nov 9, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"MeganSufrin","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/MeganSufrin","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/45911318"},"dateDigested":1532141262,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Current Event Response","description":"This article was very interesting to me because it really identified the struggle of women in the working force. It shows how gender stereotypes play a huge role in the work place and how its not really ever a specific person but a mindset that most people have. It is true though, I agree that women are held to a much higher standard but not just at work. Women have more expectations they must meet while men have higher expectations in usually one aspect. However, the fact that several women have achieve huge economic success shows that it is possible but it takes a lot of work and being more than the expectations have set. I think that it will be this way for a long time just because these standards have been engraved in our culture for a very long time. However, as the gender stereotypes go down i think the success rate of women will increase as well.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"45910506","dateCreated":"1320825827","smartDate":"Nov 9, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"johannum","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/johannum","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/45910506"},"dateDigested":1532141262,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Current Event Response","description":"I agrre with the writer of this article. Women are expected to do too much and be too much, espcially in the business world. The business world is already very competive and can be very hard to work in, but for women they must deal with all the their jobs entale, and much more that fails to meet the eyes of many; particuly men. It is a tough situation that women are in, because many women want to be seen and feminine and express themselves, but to men, if women dress too "feministic" and are too "feminine" it is a sign of weakness, so women must also ask masculine. Women should be themsleves and not have to worry abou the gender stereotypes of society: mostly men in the workplace.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"45910628","body":"I also think that the stereotype of male dominance is still there, but begininng to fade. It is true that on average, most CEO's of companies are men. However, today women are making the progress and taking the steps to be equal to men in this category. In most cases, sucessful business women are very strong, organized, and self seficient women; just the type of women tht are needed to get ride of gender stereotypes and not force women to do so much compared to men.","dateCreated":"1320826112","smartDate":"Nov 9, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"johannum","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/johannum","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"}}],"more":0}]},{"id":"45909534","dateCreated":"1320822622","smartDate":"Nov 8, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"chbueno","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/chbueno","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/45909534"},"dateDigested":1532141263,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Current Event Response","description":"Today in a more gender equal society, women are starting to feel the pressure of balancing their lives as mothers and businesswomen. However, when they want the CEO position there are problems. These feminine women need to an equal balance of feminine and masculine, yet being a mother makes it hard for this balance to be achieved. They aren\u2019t supposed to look too good or else she will be promoted only for looks as movies suggest happens all the time. As equal as it is now, woman are expected to do much more than men, not just multitasking jobs as a businesswoman and a mother. They are expected to excel in everything they do and it is just ridiculous. Because of their shouts for equality, society gave women standards of success that are proportionally much higher than men\u2019s. I disagree with the article that men are not meant to be only businessmen. As society sees it, men are meant to do everything that a woman as a mother cannot do and when women try to do the men\u2019s jobs, they are expected to do nothing less than the perfect job. If they can be a successful woman, what else would society expect other than nothing less than perfect in every aspect, from looks to what the job calls for? Women ask for equality, yet is it really equal in society now? Yeah women can now vote and achieve goals they couldn\u2019t have been achieved but is that what really makes women equal? I think that the only thing that keeps women from being equal to men is the standards set for women and there is no other way to change it other than having both men and women forget about the stereotype that businesswoman are supposed to be perfect to succeed.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"45909256","dateCreated":"1320821792","smartDate":"Nov 8, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"annikastreng","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/annikastreng","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/45909256"},"dateDigested":1532141263,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"current event response","description":"This type of article makes us realize the stereotypes and expectations we have of working men and women. It is true that women are expected to not participate in the immature joking of her male colleagues, be a perfect mother, pretty, smart, and put together. However, women cannot be TOO pretty because then they will be distracting. If they aren\u2019t pretty enough then they cannot get attention from their peers. Men are not expected to always be the best father or boyfriend, well dressed, or kind. I think that women being held to such impossibly high standards are a result of attempts at equality. Companies and society want women to prove themselves by being the perfect package. There are so few women that are CEO\u2019s because the position is so unattainable\u2026 maybe because companies want it to be that way? Maybe companies fear that the addition of women will skew the success they have previously attained when men are in power.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"45908976","dateCreated":"1320821065","smartDate":"Nov 8, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"shelbyf1","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/shelbyf1","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/45908976"},"dateDigested":1532141263,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Current Event Response","description":"Women are still designated to the duties of \u2018house mom\u2019 even though society has seen an increase in women in the work force. Expectations cause great set backs in the differences between men and women. Women, in previous generations, were always \u2018expected\u2019 to do the house duties. Women have advanced in the work force, but unfortunately part of what has been holding them back is the equality in the home. If all men were able to step up and take partial responsibility for the children and the home making, the idea about a \u2018superwoman\u2019 would not need to exist. Also, it is unfortunate now days that men seek their potential mate as the woman that can do everything perfectly; which is impossible and unreasonable.
\nIn the work force, businesswomen do not have an upper hand like businessmen. Many work places ignore women who speak up and fight for their positions because they believe these women are too full of themselves and too stubborn; does this mean that men who speak up and fight for their work position are stubborn and too full of themselves as well? In other words, these work places are \u2018expecting\u2019 women to follow a stereotype, which mainly men, or previous generations, have created.
\nThere should be no \u2018right\u2019 when it comes down to someone\u2019s designated duties. It should be someone\u2019s natural right to have a choice to do what he\/she wants to do with his\/her future. This is where it gets difficult; government intervenes with a citizen\u2019s rights. Government is supposed to protect the rights of all citizens, but our society created a Constitution that originally aimed toward the rights of men. Fortunately over the evolution of our country\u2019s history, the U.S. has incorporated laws that protect women\u2019s rights. Although government has taken steps to provide the betterment of equality, it always seems as if society lags behind in taking these steps as well. Rather than just a written document, it would be more effective if society makes an effort to equality in the work place, as well as in the home, for both men and women. It is not that women can\u2019t be successful businesswomen, it is just that where society is at now reflects that society is still gradually trying to \u2018catch up\u2019 to what laws the government made many years ago. I believe that eventually there will be a day that society forgets about the \u2018superwoman\u2019 and has less expectations; but like the transition from racial segregation to desegregation, this transition of equality will take time. Society is still transitioning from the \u20181950\u2019s\u2019 house mom stereotype to the modern day businesswomen\u2026it isn\u2019t possible; there are women to prove it!
\nHow is it simple to be super at anything? Women who strive to be \u2018super\u2019 at work sometimes tend to lack in their \u2018super\u2019 home making skills. Women, like men, are humans; we are not perfect but we are just as equal. Women should not be pressured by any expectations to be \u2018willing to listen\u2019 and be able to \u2018participate\u2019. These are not simple tasks to ask a person to do. In order to make \u2018super\u2019 happen, it is the responsibility of both men and women to work together if anything.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"45908884","dateCreated":"1320820757","smartDate":"Nov 8, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"abjohnsonedwards","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/abjohnsonedwards","imageUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/iolaniwomenlit.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/45908884"},"dateDigested":1532141263,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Current Event Response ","description":"I believe that this article proved some good arguments about women in the CEO positions. I can see how people expect women CEOs to be more caring and motherly because that is their \u201cexpected\u201d nature. Women, in the old days, were the ones that stayed home and took care of the kids and cleaned the house, but I do not believe that this stereotype should be followed to our preset day, let alone at the workplace. For a women to hold that high of a position, she must be hardworking and intelligent. I believe that men would not give as much respect to a female CEO as they would a male. I think it has to do with the mindset that people already have and because men are usually seen as the alpha male. I do not think it is fair to give one gender more respect than the other because they obviously earned their position.
\nI think age also has a lot to do with respect. If the new CEO of a company were to be a 30 year old lady, I think that people would automatically stereotype her as a non-experienced female that is not of age to be in a high position and boss people around. If an older lady, about 55 years old is in the position, I think people will respect her more because she is older and more experience. People should treat either gender of a high position equally and not be pre-judged just because they are female.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]}],"more":true},"comments":[]},"http":{"code":200,"status":"OK"},"redirectUrl":null,"javascript":null,"notices":{"warning":[],"error":[],"info":[],"success":[]}}