Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Silly me. I almost forgot to link to Lindsay's response to Hirshman at Majikthise . She says in part: If we denigrate parenting and housework, we not only insult the contributions of other women, we also give men more incentive to shirk their duties at home. I think this a very important point. Nicole reminded me of this angle when she pointed me to this post by Aaron at The Stopped Clock . He divorce advice says: Further, it is my impression that a father who takes time off for the "daddy track" would likely face greater obstacles returning to the workforce than a mother, so perhaps the problem is not so much one of "feminism" but of the fact that attitudes like Hirshman's - that child-rearing tasks are unworthy - are pervasive. I know at least one reader whose decision to stay home was influenced in part by the fact that it would have been impossible for her husband to do so. In his profession, there was too much of a stigma attached to men who stay home with kids. Certainly in the bad old days before the successes of Second Wave feminism, the "housewife" wasn't exactly a respected figure in our society. Even now some of the elderly male partners at my firm will advise us trial lawyers to simplify (and shorten!!) our language as if we were trying to explain the complexities of the case to "Aunt Milly" -- the assumption being that Aunt Milly is a rather simple person since she likely spent her whole life at home scrubbing floors.

I learned of a recent campaign by Microsoft, to encourage bloggers to write about Windows Vista, from Joel . Specifically, they sent new high-end laptops loaded with Windows Vista, to selected bloggers asking them to try the OS and laptop out and blog about it. The recipients were free to keep, return or give away the laptops afterward. Apparently, Microsoft adjusted their offer and asked for the laptops back . Since laptops were sent unsolicited, I don't automatically conclude that the gesture was unethical and that any blogger accepting the laptops are unethical for not immediately returning them. When I get an unsolicited survey with a "dollar" included in the envelope, I don't bother to mail it back. I also don't fill out the survey. Joel writes : Even if no quid-pro-quo is formally required, the gift creates a social obligation of reciprocity. This is best explained treatment for aids in Cialdini's book Influence (a summary is here ). The blogger will feel some obligation to return the favor to Microsoft. Certainly, the blogger MAY feel an obligation and with full disclosure the reader can decide for himself whether to give the blogger's review any credence. But to assume a gift recipient's review will be biased is unfair. Otherwise, it would seem to follow that no public official should accept any non-anonymous donations otherwise the donation could be seen as a bribe. Having said that.

I learned of a recent campaign by Microsoft, to encourage bloggers to write about Windows Vista, from Joel . Specifically, they sent new high-end laptops loaded with Windows Vista, to selected bloggers asking them to try the OS and laptop out and blog about it. The recipients were free to keep, return or give away the laptops afterward. Apparently, Microsoft adjusted their offer and asked for the laptops back . Since laptops were sent unsolicited, I don't automatically conclude weber replacement parts that the gesture was unethical and that any blogger accepting the laptops are unethical for not immediately returning them. When I get an unsolicited survey with a "dollar" included in the envelope, I don't bother to mail it back. I also don't fill out the survey. Joel writes : Even if no quid-pro-quo is formally required, the gift creates a social obligation of reciprocity. This is best explained in Cialdini's book Influence (a summary is here ). The blogger will feel some obligation to return the favor to Microsoft. Certainly, the blogger MAY feel an obligation and with full disclosure the reader can decide for himself whether to give the blogger's review any credence. But to assume a gift recipient's review will be biased is unfair. Otherwise, it would seem to follow that no public official should accept any non-anonymous donations otherwise the donation could be seen as a bribe. Having said that.

Silly me. I almost forgot to link to Lindsay's response to Hirshman at Majikthise . She says in part: If we denigrate parenting and housework, we not only insult the contributions of other women, we also give men more incentive to shirk their duties at home. I click me think this a very important point. Nicole reminded me of this angle when she pointed me to this post by Aaron at The Stopped Clock . He says: Further, it is my impression that a father who takes time off for the "daddy track" would likely face greater obstacles returning to the workforce than a mother, so perhaps the problem is not so much one of "feminism" but of the fact that attitudes like Hirshman's - that child-rearing tasks are unworthy - are pervasive. I know at least one reader whose decision to stay home was influenced in part by the fact that it would have been impossible for her husband to do so. In his profession, there was too much of a stigma attached to men who stay home with kids. Certainly in the bad old days before the successes of Second Wave feminism, the "housewife" wasn't exactly a respected figure in our society. Even now some of the elderly male partners at my firm will advise us trial lawyers to simplify (and shorten!!) our language as if we were trying to explain the complexities of the case to "Aunt Milly" -- the assumption being that Aunt Milly is a rather simple person since she likely spent her whole life at home scrubbing floors.

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Silly me. I almost forgot to link to Lindsay's response to Hirshman at Majikthise . She says in part: If we denigrate parenting and housework, we not only insult the contributions of other women, we also give men more incentive to shirk their duties at home. I think this a very important point. Nicole reminded me of this angle when she pointed me to this post by Aaron at The Stopped Clock . He says: Further, it is my impression that a father who takes time off for the "daddy track" would likely face greater obstacles returning to the workforce than a mother, so perhaps the problem is not so much one of "feminism" but of the fact that attitudes like Hirshman's - that child-rearing tasks are unworthy - are pervasive. I know at least one reader whose decision to stay home was influenced in part by the fact that it would have been impossible for her husband to do so. In his profession, there was too much of a stigma attached to men who stay home with kids. Certainly in the bad old days before the successes of Second Wave feminism, the "housewife" wasn't exactly a respected figure in our society. Even now some of the elderly male partners at my firm will advise us trial lawyers to simplify (and shorten!!) our language as if we were trying to explain the complexities of the case to "Aunt Milly" -- the church fundraising ideas assumption being that Aunt Milly is a rather simple person since she likely spent her whole life at home scrubbing floors.

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No more laughing at Casaubon's hubris —as of today, the necessity of his failure loses its necessariness. But for his untimely demise, he could have succeeded, as G.A. Gaskell's Dictionary of All Scriptures and Myths demonstrates. From the dust jacket: This classic reference guide to more than 5000 words and phrases of the Sacred Language is now available for the many thousands who have been searching for a complete, authoritative dictionary on the symbolism and terms of world religions. Every Scripture and every Myth is defined with a clarity that defies misunderstanding. And perhaps even more important, here for the first time is a dictionary that treats the definition of the Scriptures according to the intentions of the original writers. Nowhere else can you find a book that deals as broadly and as completely with religious concepts as literature. And for each term, the DICTIONARY OF ALL SCRIPTURES AND MYTHS brings you: Clear explanations of the symbolism nasdaq marketplace rules of ancient and modern religious words and phrases Numerous quotations from authoritative sources Thoughtful descriptions of the meaning of the terms and how they are used in Myths and Scriptures Complete cross reference The discovery of a metaphorical language underlying all sacred Scriptures of the world prompted Mr. Gaskell to write this dictionary which gives a more complete knowledge of man's inner nature and the purpose of his life on earth than was heretofore possible.

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I learned of a recent campaign by Microsoft, to encourage bloggers to write about Windows Vista, from Joel . Specifically, they sent new high-end laptops loaded with Windows Vista, to selected bloggers asking them to try the OS and laptop out and blog about it. The recipients were free to keep, return or give away the laptops afterward. Apparently, Microsoft adjusted their offer and asked for the laptops back . Since laptops were sent unsolicited, I don't automatically conclude that the gesture was unethical and that any blogger accepting the laptops are unethical for not immediately returning them. When I get an unsolicited survey with a "dollar" included in the envelope, I don't bother to mail it back. I also don't fill out the survey. Joel writes : Even if no quid-pro-quo is formally required, the gift creates a social obligation of reciprocity. This is best explained in Cialdini's book Influence (a summary free anti spam software is here ). The blogger will feel some obligation to return the favor to Microsoft. Certainly, the blogger MAY feel an obligation and with full disclosure the reader can decide for himself whether to give the blogger's review any credence. But to assume a gift recipient's review will be biased is unfair. Otherwise, it would seem to follow that no public official should accept any non-anonymous donations otherwise the donation could be seen as a bribe. Having said that.

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No more laughing at Casaubon's hubris —as of today, the necessity of his failure loses its necessariness. But for his untimely demise, he could have succeeded, as G.A. Gaskell's Dictionary of All Scriptures and Myths demonstrates. From the dust jacket: This classic reference guide to more than 5000 words and phrases of the Sacred Language is now available for the many thousands who have been searching for a complete, authoritative dictionary on the symbolism and terms of world religions. Every Scripture and every Myth is defined with a clarity that defies misunderstanding. And perhaps even more important, here for the first time is a dictionary that treats the definition of the Scriptures according to the intentions of the original writers. Nowhere else can you find a book that deals as broadly and as completely with religious concepts as literature. And for each term, the DICTIONARY OF ALL SCRIPTURES AND MYTHS brings paranoia you: Clear explanations of the symbolism of ancient and modern religious words and phrases Numerous quotations from authoritative sources Thoughtful descriptions of the meaning of the terms and how they are used in Myths and Scriptures Complete cross reference The discovery of a metaphorical language underlying all sacred Scriptures of the world prompted Mr. Gaskell to write this dictionary which gives a more complete knowledge of man's inner nature and the purpose of his life on earth than was heretofore possible.

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