Elizabeth Gores her Argument

In today's (March 30, 2013) blog post for the Huffington Post, Elizabeth Gore, Resident Entrepreneur, United Nations Foundation, writes about the social and cultural landscape that awaits her 18-month old daughter in the United States. Returning to the US with a heightened sense of Americanism following a UN-sponsored trek around the world, Ms. Gore talks about violence and women's rights, etc., openly saying how much better we have it in our country than elsewhere. Her ethnocentric statements aside, I was particularly drawn to her statements about women's rights.

 "How about women's rights? We are ranked 92nd in the world for women elected in our lower legislative body, with currently only 18 percent in Congress overall. There were four men, and no women, testifying last year at one hearing on Capitol Hill regarding women's reproductive health. Really?! Unless one of the men has used a maxi pad or given birth in his life -- they shouldn't have been there." How sad that someone who claims to be open-minded has such a narrow view. I agree that more women should have leadership roles, but why insult the men who are trying to help? Her logic is similar to that of teenagers who wear "It's-a-Black-thing-you-wouldn't-understand"  t-shirts. In-group thinking is not always the best answer. After that last statement of hers, I cannot take Ms. Gore seriously.