July 28, 2018
EDITORIAL – Put-downs on women in business and politics: still a disturbing trend
WEST SHORE VOICE NEWS EDITORIAL, by Mary P Brooke
When BC’s Lieutenant Governor Janet Austin gave a quick speech during the Artists Celebration event at the Sooke Fine Arts Show this weekend, it seemed perhaps a throwback for her to feature an anecdote about how people mistake her male security guard for being the L-G, with her standing right there next to him.
But that same evening one of the clearly elderly female volunteers at the show’s information booth sternly questioned whether West Shore Voice News was really a sponsor of the show. Right there in the program, my friend, and all over the web where we have promoted the show with amplification for months. The publisher is right there, in your view. (We used to get the same archaic disbelief about these editorials, but the editorials have long spoken for themselves, and this paper is 10-years in — what more do you want?).
It’s all well and good to be polite and careful about moving society forward, inch by inch, regarding the equitable role of women in business, politics and community. But sometimes it just needs to be called out: men and women, old or young — just get off that bandwagon. You are damaging people, friends, family and society with your ancient attitude. Frankly, it is a pathetic attempt at domination.
Enough already. A put-down on women for their gender is no different than racism. And now there’s the new ageism too (an editorial for another day).
This article was first published on page 2 in the July 27, 2018 Soccer & Art Show Issue of West Shore Voice News
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