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Classism (and the inappropriate use of hairspray)

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Like this analysis from George Jonas in today’s Post.  

It isn’t Governor Palin’s sex that bothers them. Nor is it her politics. What they cannot abide is what they see as her class. Europeans and Asians tend to think of America as a classless society. No doubt, compared to old Europe and old Asia it is. But not entirely. The clamour we now hear surrounding Governor Palin’s candidacy for vice-president on the Republican ticket isn’t the sound of gender- but class-warfare. What makes contemporary Western-style class war confusing is that the upper classes are lined up Left and the lower classes Right.

He goes on to say:

Resign yourselves to the next inhabitant of the White House having an atrocious hairdo.

Great piece, one question though. (Here at PWPL we don’t shy away from the tough ones): What is so wrong with Sarah Palin’s hair?

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Brigitte is having palpitations: Aaaargh! It looks like a sticky helmet! I love the woman, but I do wish she let her hair fall nicely on her shoulders instead…

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Andrea defends Sarah’s hair: That’s the thing–I’ve seen plenty of photos where her hair does just that–falls nicely on her shoulders. I’ve also become accustomed to an overuse of hairspray by our female friends south of the border. I classify it as a “cultural difference” of which I should be tolerant.

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Rebecca adds: A lot of the time, her hairdo reminds me of the “twist into ponytail, then leave in a knot so the baby can’t blow his nose in your hair” fashion so popular with, well, me.

 

Since when did the Jonas Brothers care about politics? Oh wait …

The concrete wall

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The headline said “Women still earn less than men for same work”

But that’s not what the Equal Pay Coalition said at all. What they want is that “female jobs be paid the same as male jobs of similar value…”

Big, BIG difference. But in the end George Jonas is still right. These folks aren’t worried about evidence. There’s no glass ceiling, so they continue to bang their heads against a big ole’ concrete wall.

I’m not sure what we know about “glass ceilings.” Was there one, or do the equality people make that up too? One of the problems in the history faculties these days is the rewriting of history to suit different perspectives and a “gendered perspective” is top of the list. It always made me wonder about the veracity of what I was studying, and whether we weren’t layering on way too many of our own perspectives, without letting the historical facts and faces tell the story.

All women are equal, but some women are more equal than others

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Hats off to George Jonas for this in today’s Ottawa Citizen.

 

The suggestion that America, or western societies in general, are still patriarchal is a state of mind. Evidence that in key professions — law, medicine — where female graduates now either match or outnumber males, won’t make a dent in it.

He goes on to discuss how evidence will not sway equality commissions, convinced of glass ceilings and a pervasive conspiracy attacking women. However, the problem may yet be inequality — between women. With apologies to George Orwell, some women are indeed more equal than others. Would the representative on the equality commission who represents pro-life women please raise her hand?   Right, I didn’t think so. I’ll keep waiting.  

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