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Re: Un-feminist to be "feminine"
@ ladykrystyna, ''Ford was only defending the one that gets picked on the most - the traditional one. Just like Christians tend to get a little defensive when liberals bash them all the time, while defending Muslims that give raped women 200 lashes just for being raped.'' Well, again, if you'd bothered to read my posts you would've seen that -- ...
Posted to The Highbrow by tmc on December 7, 2007
Re: Un-feminist to be "feminine"
@ FordTruck4Speed: ''I know what I said, and I stand by my words. I did not say anything bigotted.'' -- COMBINED WITH -- ''[I]t's good to see that there are others out there that understand the difference between ''tolerance'' and all-out blind acceptance of everything. ... You can put up with someone else's tastes or behaviors, but you don't ...
Posted to The Highbrow by tmc on December 7, 2007
Re: Un-feminist to be "feminine"
@ “Why not use your position of power to effect change in the world?” What on earth do you think I’m doing right now? I’m sure you have at least a clue about how little time I have as a partner in a law firm and the parent of two children. Why do you think I take some of that precious time to write comments in Slate? You belittle my ...
Posted to The Highbrow by tmc on December 6, 2007
Re: Un-feminist to be "feminine"
“Your posts are filled with anger, despite what you say. ... I can see it in every one of your posts. There is always something negative about the men.” These are conclusory statements. As a lawyer you know how useless those are. Perhaps *you* can see it,(sorta the way Justice Stewart said, when asked how he defined hard-core pornography, said ...
Posted to The Highbrow by tmc on December 6, 2007
Re: Un-feminist to be "feminine"
@ “I trust that people, if given the chance, will make the best decisions for themselves and that's the way it should be.” Yup, that's why, after Emancipation, many former slaves decided to remain on the plantation. That's why laissez-faire capitalism always seems to result in a Gilded Age combined with sweatshop labor. That's why we've got ...
Posted to The Highbrow by tmc on December 6, 2007
Re: Un-feminist to be "feminine"
@ “would you like to be told by the government that you have to charge your clients less and hire only females with lots of babies who can only work 3 hours a day and take numerous breaks to pump or breast feed their children?” etc. In a word, yes. Minus your ridiculous exaggerations, and with up to TWO years in Germany for paid maternity ...
Posted to The Highbrow by tmc on December 6, 2007
Re: Un-feminist to be "feminine"
@ “as a woman who is a partner in a firm, I would like to hear that you are using your position of power to mentor young women in the field, to push your firm to be more reasonable about billing time (where it can), etc.” First, as a junior partner of two years vintage who isn’t exactly a rainmaker, I’m not in a “position of power.” As for ...
Posted to The Highbrow by tmc on December 6, 2007
Re: Un-feminist to be "feminine"
@ “I know of many law firms that offer part-time positions to attorneys, both male and female. I know that many big companies offer flex-time, breast-feeding or breast-pumping time, on-site daycare or some kind of stipend, etc. etc. The fact is that as more women with children went back to work, demands were made and most companies that could ...
Posted to The Highbrow by tmc on December 6, 2007
Re: Un-feminist to be "feminine"
@ “I would say that this is a societal change that will take time.” It’ll certainly take time if straight women -- especially straight married mothers -- refuse to stand up for themselves or fight for their rights. I’d say it’ll take just about forever.
Posted to The Highbrow by tmc on December 6, 2007
Re: female chauvinists
@ ''Instead, even from your Ivory Tower, you manage to find fault with everything.'' Hm, the modern American law firm as ''Ivory Tower.'' I’m sure our associates will get a kick out that one. Do you even take time to think before you write?
Posted to The Highbrow by tmc on December 6, 2007

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