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April 28, 2008
wake up call / caught you in the morning with another one in my bed
I cleaned out the fridge last week (see, i am really bored), and found that i had a lot of frozen banana bread bananas, so this weekend I made banana bread. so. freaking. good. I still have a bunch of frozen bananas left so I'm going to make some more for my friend Tom's defense. I am very excited for him.
So. I was thinking this morning about how there are some friends/acquaintances of mine that are very very passionate about Sen. Obama. I can see the attraction. I feel the attraction. I was moved by his speech at the DN Convention last election cycle. I am moved by his message of hope. Who wouldn't be after the past 8 years of hopelessness? These friends/acquaintances for the most part are women. And though I understand the draw of Sen. Obama, I have been amazed that these women weren't supporting Sen. Clinton. There policy positions are so close, wouldn't the draw of a women in the highest office swing your support that way it did mine?
I was pondering this today and realized that in general these friends/acquaintances were in fields that have women role models. They have worked for female bosses. Their organizations are/have been led by women. They do not see sexism in their work place (in general).
I realized that I support Sen. Clinton with almost a blind loyalty because I yearn for a female role model. My career goals in science, policy, or academia have not been inspired by existing female role models. There were TWO female professor in Mat Sci at NU. Was there any at GT? I don't remember any. There are two (i believe) at UC in PP. This is even more unbelievable to me since their student body is more than half female! I have experienced men who don't now how to deal with a smart female, much less a smart female scientist.
I must admit that the lack of female leaders does make me wonder about my own path of balancing child(ren) and career. It is seems hard since so few women seem to do it... (Not that this would detour me, but it just shows how I do yearn for a female leader.)
Posted by christina at April 28, 2008 2:59 PM