Status of Women - Best in Blue, Worst in Red States

[varun]

http://www.iwpr.org/States2004/SWS2004/best_worst.htm

Best States:

Connecticut
Vermont
Washington
Minnesota

Worst States:

Texas
Mississippi
Tennessee
Kentucky
South Carolina
Oklahoma
Arkansas

[Metatron]

1. Thank you.

I was not familiar with this site. :)

[jobycom]

2. Only if you go by them liberal ideas

that women should work and make money and have the right to not get beaten by their much smarter husband and stuff.

But for those women that knows whats good for them, that list a yours is all backwards...

(This message approved by the Republican Party and Laura Bush, a true woman, not like that commie bitch Hillary.)

[Straight Shooter]

3. All right! Oregon gets honorable mention

:thumbsup:

Thanks for the link :)

[Coyote_Bandit]

4. Help!

Unemployed middle age single professional woman stuck in crazy red f*cking JOklahoma where republican political idealogy and fundamentalist church attendance are job qualifications seeks escape route.

One can always hope.

[GinaMaria]

11. Got IT skills?

May have a lead for you in Chicago. Winter's a bit of a bitch, bit summer's a blast.

[Coyote_Bandit]

14. Thanks!

BA, MA, MBA, JD. Able to assist in operations, planning, training, management. Experience in insurance management, investment portfolio management, publications. Strong analytical, problem solving and communication skills. Results oriented, creative.

[UpsideDownFlag]

15. im pretty sure there's also a 'help wanted' type forum here somewhere too

you might wanna flash those qualifications there, as well. good luck.

[Coyote_Bandit]

16. Already Done

Thanks for the suggestion.

[varun]

5. kick

[Atlant]

6. Does anybody else find...

Does anybody else find that in survey after survey, no matter what
the topic, that the same few Blue states come up as "the winners"
in your opinion? Women's rights, acceptance of gays, quality of
education, knowledge about the world beyond Podunk, ability to
name the Square Root of 2 to 3 signigificant digits, whatever!
It always comes out almost exactly the same way.

Atlant

[GinaMaria]

12. That's cuz the surveys are biased

They aren't asking the right questions like about stuff in the bible, and about how Darwin is a liar. /sarcasm

[Atlant]

13. Oh no! Even when they ask questions like that...

> That's cuz the surveys are biased. They aren't asking the right
> questions like about stuff in the bible, and about how Darwin is
> a liar. /sarcasm

(I saw your sarcasm tag. Still...)

Oh no! Even when they ask questions like that, the Blue states always
end up on what I would consider the correct side. "Is Darwin the spawn
of the Devil Satan, the enemy of the one true Gawd?" Blue States: 78%
say no. Red states: 66.6% say "Hell yes!"

Survey after survey after survey, any topic, any way the question is
phrased...

Atlant

[Shadowen]

7. This is surprising...

...how?

[NewJeffCT]

8. Regarding Connecticut

While insurance companies have a lot of problems, the ones based in the so-called insurance capital of Hartford, CT are generally pretty progressive in their hiring practices:

Remember, before Janet Reno, Bill Clinton had put the name Zoe Baird up there for Attorney General before nanny-gate derailed her nomination, and she was the top lawyer at Aetna at the time. I also remember chiding a macho Republican friend of mine that works at that same Aetna when last year they were named the best company for gays & lesbians (which was broadcast on the frontpage of their website)... if I'm also not mistaken, Aetna's president is black.

I think the CEO of The Hartford is Indian-American, but I'm not sure (Ramani something?)

And, companies that have a significant presence in the area like Travelers (or St Paul Travelers now) and Cigna also tout their rankings in "Best of..." lists for minorites, women, etc.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

9. no surprise...

life in general is better in the blue states, more money, more rights, more freedom!

[cmf]

10. Yay for Washington

I'm not surprised that Washington ranks #1 for women's political participation.

[cali]

17. I'm proud to say that according to that site

"Overall, the best state for women is Vermont".