Tag Archives: gender equality

On Equality In The Classroom

It wasn’t the playschool teacher’s fault , really. She probably thought only banner waving firebrands would take exception to something so commonplace and so innocuous–and I may not have looked like the stereotypical activist to her. I was attending my … Continue reading

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Inequality Thy Name is…Mother Nature

Imagining a world where women are physically as strong as men throws up some interesting perspectives into gender relations. Thinking about it one gets the feeling that the disparity in raw physical strength forms the core of gender inequality and … Continue reading

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Grannytime, My Dear !!

When I saw yesterday IHM’s post on women born before 1940, I did a little jig around my computer. Yay!!Now I knew what my next post was going to be about! My grandmother, of course–whose tales about her childhood and … Continue reading

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