Articles-Julie Womble

The operation pipeline article was all about women in politics and how we still havent arrived. These women believe that the second that we say we have arrived, that we are giving up and throwing in our defeat and that we will then begin to go backwards, but I do not totally agree with that. There are some instances that I feel like we are getting equal treatment, and I dont want to beat a dead horse with a gender issue. I think that if we bring up the gender issue that it will become more visable and real, but only if we let it. They talk about how women need a validation that they can be seen as a leader from others, and I do not agree with that. I think that is a petty gender statement, yes we all need encouragement, but we don't need to be held up by other women necessarily. This article encourages women to inspire other women everyday, and says that it will spread the more women we have inspiring. I think that some men will inspire as well, and we shouldnt handicap or limit ourselves to gender issues.
In the leadership article, they talk about how men ascend to supervisory positions much faster than females with the same amount or more of education and experience. They link men to having the qualities of being a leader, and women to not having them. Because of women's specific skill sets, they can be criticized for not having the right skill sets for a job because they are either too connected to people, or are too assertive. The women who act like men are "not liked" because the men dont like her for that, and women dont like it either. Its a lose lose situation, and we need to break through barriers and not put ourselves in a box.