One really good thing about this election.

[leftyladyfrommo]

We have new, wonderful role models for women.

Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren, Michelle Obama. They are smart. They are tough. They are compassionate.

I love seeing these women. They are such an inspiration to me. I was born in 1948 and my role model for women was the feminine, docile, always in the background housewife. I still suffer from my upbringing.

I am so glad these wonderful women are out there, in the media. Not one bit afraid of getting right into the faces of their detractors both male and female.

You go guys!

[apcalc]

1. I am glad they are out there too! My model was Eleanor Roosevelt.

[leftyladyfrommo]

2. My mother was the opposite of feminist.

She really believed that being a housewife was what a woman should aspire to. Not that there is anything wrong if someone wants to be a housewife and mother. If it is their choice to do so. Not a choice made for them by a society that believes that men should be the dominate characters in the play.

[Maven]

3. They are role models for men too!

Nice post

[leftyladyfrommo]

4. Obama, Biden and Kerry

are good role models for men, too.

I really like all of them.

[asiliveandbreathe]

5. Interesting observation to continue the discussion for women, about women, and by

women...we have come a long way - you point out the era you were born and the role models for women at that time..

"born in 1948 and my role model for women was the feminine, docile, always in the background housewife. I still suffer from my upbringing."

Born 1947, Gloria Steinem comes to mind for a role model..I remember the 60s Bra revolution, to this day, unless it is a wedding or funeral, it is braless day..

The women in my family always worked outside the home, I was still in HS - grad 1964 - retired after 30 years in 98 - took time off to raise 3 kiddos (very little time off) - difficult years - but was always told women must have their own money..thank goodness..save, save, save - and NO it wasn't easy...but I knew how to cook for an army. A pot of beef stew on Sunday, a pot of spaghetti sauce on Wednesday and hot dogs and beans on Saturday night..

To make a long story short - we didn't have the domestic violence shelters of today, what goes on in the home was never shared outside - ..so when you stand your ground, and choose to shelter in place you must have the means to support yourself..and children - and be able to have the legal system work for you...that is all I will say about that..I chose to never look back and to have NO feelings about a person..in order to move forward..and be successful for my kiddos..

When you say "I still suffer from my upbringing" I hurt. I hear you. Where we have been, should not dictate where we go, or who we are - I choose, "I say, when, I say who, I say how, I say where", my mantra....

Tremendous support and role models for our young women of today...Gloria is still here, and together are Michele and Hillary, Liz Warren and Jennifer Grandholm, Tammy Duckworth and Sonja Sotomayor, maya Angelou, too many to name...

You are SO GOOD to broach this subject..thank you and be well...this conversation MUST continue, and our young women of today MUST pay attention at a very early age...."a woman without a man, is like a fish without a bicycle"..Gloria Steinem...

[JudyM]

6. Good post (as well as the OP!). It is heartening that we are moving in the right direction.

I'm a later-era Boomer and witnessed - and experienced - firsthand how things used to be. Having suffered (however nonviolently) at the hands of male dominance both at home and at work as a professional, the perspective of seeing the social change gives hope for the future.

Even something so incidental as my nieces not really being able to get why I've been overjoyed that they get to play soccer in school.

When I was in 5th grade wanting to play in the spirited inter-class softball competition that lasted all spring, my principal told me I could in fact participate: as a cheerleader on the sidelines for the boys.

There is a way in which what we have endured sweetens the experience of progress.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

7. Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves

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