Category Archives: Adventures in Advocacy

Discourse Gone To The Dogs—Will the Real Men and Women Please Stand Up?

By Linda | September 9, 2010

One of the biggest obstacles to progress of equity of men and women is the tiring and outdated discussion about who is or what makes someone a real man or a real woman. Jane Gilvary’s piece in The Bulletin (Philadelphia’s Family Newspaper), entitled “Skinny Jeans, John Wayne, and the Feminization of America” made its [...]

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Finding My “Essence” On Martha’s Vineyard—My Last Treat Before Hurricane Earl and My Morning Ferry Sailing Away from Paradise

By Linda | September 7, 2010

No, this post is not about shopping for perfumes. But it is about finding the “essence” of Linda Brodsky (with or without the MD, PC, FACS and FAAP) a/k/a Linda Greenfield. It was a fun exercise which created a new awareness and a new friendship.
You might be thinking, “On what planet has she [...]

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Overcoming Gender Discrimination in Medicine—Whose Job Is It Anyway?

By Linda | September 1, 2010

Okay, okay! We know that there is gender bias and discrimination in the House of Medicine. Anyone who fails to see that it still exists must be both blind and deaf to the reports that continue to assail us. The subject has been studied to death and yet gender bias still hangs [...]

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The Paycheck Fairness Act: The Next Step In Gender Equity?

By Linda | August 24, 2010

Thursday, August 26, is Women’s Equality Day. Who out there in the blogosphere does not believe women are equal? Ask women of the younger generation, e.g. my daughters, the young professional women I employ, etc. Talk about women’s rights. Talk about women’s equality. Talk about equal pay. If [...]

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The End of Men? The Atlantic Monthly Reports on One of Its 14 3/4 Biggest Ideas of the Year!

By Linda | June 28, 2010

Hanna Rosin, Atlantic Monthly associate editor, is the author of a highly entertaining and certainly controversial stance taken in this article. She begins with the very interesting story of the scientific journey of Ronald Ericsson, a biologist who, forty years ago, separated sperm by sex, thus offering potential parents the hope they could choose the sex [...]

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I Am An Ambassador!

By Linda | June 10, 2010

Vision 2020: Equality In Sight
This year is the 90th birthday of the 19th amendment to the constitution. You know. The one that gave the women the right to vote. And over these 90 years, we have come a long way, but not quite far enough, as you already know.
So there has [...]

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A Room of Our Own—Breastfeeding and Moms Who Work Outside the Home

By Linda | May 27, 2010

Bend, Oregon is 175 miles south of Portland. Surrounded by the beauty of the pines and the silence of the desert, I am tapping out this post. If you read “On Being a Trophy Wife,” you would know why I am in Oregon at this past weekend. Yes, I am still enjoying the spoils of [...]

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What Kind of Feminist Are You?

By Linda | May 12, 2010

While driving home from work last week, I listened to an interview on NPR’s Talk of the Nation. The interview was with one of the leaders of the new feminists—“Radical Homemakers.” Shannon Hayes, described her flight from the halls of academia after she obtained her PhD. Women professors were scarce, she noted, [...]

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Fifteen Minutes of Fame From 10 Years of Fighting

By Linda | April 22, 2010

Months and months ago a young reporter from AOL called and talked to me about my lawsuits. And until this past week, when I received a frantic “read asap,” I had totally forgotten about the conversation.
And then, what I read, was this story. Originally she was going to write about gender discrimination and wanted [...]

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April 20, 2010: Un-Equal Pay Day Again

By Linda | April 20, 2010

In 1963 the Equal Pay Act was signed into law by President Kennedy. At that time a “female dollar” was only worth 59 cents compared to 100 cents for a “male dollar.” Now the “female dollar” is worth 77 cents. So doing the arithmetic, in 37 years we have gained 18 cents [...]

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