Comments on: WSJ’s 50 Women to Watch 2007 report http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2007/11/27/wsjs-50-women-to-watch-2007-report/ "She is very powerful, so be nice to her." Former Chancellor, Ohio Board of Regents, Eric Fingerhut Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:51:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jill Miller Zimon http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2007/11/27/wsjs-50-women-to-watch-2007-report/comment-page-1/#comment-35953 Jill Miller Zimon Wed, 28 Nov 2007 04:08:28 +0000 http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2007/11/27/wsjs-50-women-to-watch-2007-report/#comment-35953 Becky - you raise a really good point about whether the structure or the conditions under which women could get to these places has changed or is changing. I've read recently about how women are not going into law or law school as much anymore - and that has got to be in part because of the workplace, no? Sure it has to do with our choices, but still - we make choices due to options or lack of options, yes? Becky – you raise a really good point about whether the structure or the conditions under which women could get to these places has changed or is changing. I’ve read recently about how women are not going into law or law school as much anymore – and that has got to be in part because of the workplace, no? Sure it has to do with our choices, but still – we make choices due to options or lack of options, yes?

]]> By: Becky http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2007/11/27/wsjs-50-women-to-watch-2007-report/comment-page-1/#comment-35875 Becky Tue, 27 Nov 2007 23:17:25 +0000 http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2007/11/27/wsjs-50-women-to-watch-2007-report/#comment-35875 I've got this in a stack on my desk ... been meaning to blog about it. Also caught the PepsiCo CEO on C-SPAN a while back and have been meaning to blog about that too. I'm so far behind. Initial thoughts: Of the six panelists interviewed in one of the articles, two had husbands who were stay-at-home-dads. The others? I'm guessing they pay others to help with child care. In other words, they're not changing the structure of the workplace (all the work/life balance BS). They're simply swapping roles. As for Pepsi ... my jaw dropped to hear her talk about fighting childhood obesity ............. by selling more Pepsi products to children. I sometimes wonder, do these people really believe what they say? Or do they say what they say because they're paid to say it? Sigh. I’ve got this in a stack on my desk … been meaning to blog about it. Also caught the PepsiCo CEO on C-SPAN a while back and have been meaning to blog about that too. I’m so far behind.

Initial thoughts:

Of the six panelists interviewed in one of the articles, two had husbands who were stay-at-home-dads. The others? I’m guessing they pay others to help with child care. In other words, they’re not changing the structure of the workplace (all the work/life balance BS). They’re simply swapping roles.

As for Pepsi … my jaw dropped to hear her talk about fighting childhood obesity …………. by selling more Pepsi products to children. I sometimes wonder, do these people really believe what they say? Or do they say what they say because they’re paid to say it?

Sigh.

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