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Glad *I* didn't get elected...
I voted the other way, but from this post on Chronicles of Higher Education, Obama has my profound sympathy"
As a professor and an author, I speak with hundreds of female undergraduates and graduate students in their 20s and 30s. I know what they want: They want both careers and families.They want to be teachers, lawyers, engineers, biologists, doctors, and professors. They want to open new businesses, make scientific discoveries, improve the environment. They believe that finally the barriers have fallen and all careers are open to them. But they also want a family. The members of this new generation will defer marriage and motherhood many years to focus on their careers. Still, they expect to find a life partner and have at least one child before their biological clock runs out.
Gad. The poster only wants President Obama to enable them to open new businesses, get tenure, make scientific discoveries, eliminate the cost of childcare, but also to give every professional a child (which would get Michelle rather miffed, and far exceed the ability of any post-teenage male). At this rate, President O is going to be invoking his limited Article II powers in a hurry.
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Marry Christmas to all.
Posted by: AvgJoe at December 26, 2008 08:22 AM
And free ponies for all children!
I will say, as someone who just left a university teaching job, is that the big difference between now and my undergrad days is indeed the debt load.
I left school in the 1970s broke but without debt. Today, it's common to owe thousands -- even for those attending reasonably priced state schools.
Posted by: Chas S. Clifton at December 26, 2008 11:07 AM
...He could just appoint Bill Clinton to Secretary of Fertility.
Posted by: Alcibiades at December 26, 2008 03:46 PM
>>>He could just appoint Bill Clinton to Secretary of Fertility.
>>>
How 'bout Secretary of Whitewash?
It could include responsibility for anything from cattle futures to tonsils.
Posted by: Anonymous at December 26, 2008 04:38 PM
"Your victory was glorious and hard-won. You are well aware that it could not have been accomplished without the enthusiastic support of women (53 percent of us versus 47 percent of men), particularly young women (66 percent of women between the ages of 18 and 29 voted for you). College women came out in huge numbers, knocked on doors, changed the hearts and minds of their elders, and made contributions to your campaign from the bottom of their nearly empty pocketbooks. You depended on them to win, and now they are counting on you."
http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2008/12/2008121701c.htm
More proof that women shouldn't be voting.
They are too busy watching The View, Oprah,
and Dr. Phil.
And I know Obama the Great will make the World safe for their babies.......
Name an Arab country where women have any rights
(besides Iraq and only because we are there)?
Marc
Posted by: Marcus Poulin at December 27, 2008 02:51 PM
"Name an Arab country where women have any rights"
Mmm, maybe occupied Palestine?
Posted by: Jim D. at December 28, 2008 10:19 PM
"Mmm, maybe occupied Palestine?"
Since when is Palestine a country?
Posted by: dave at December 29, 2008 12:18 AM
According to the U.N. maps, it's an overlay of that *other* country. Not quite sure how that works, but if the U.N. thinks it's a duck...
Posted by: Jim D. at December 29, 2008 08:15 PM