Few Michigan Firms advance at advancing Woman

Erika Grande, a buyer for Borders Inc., was having such a bad day at work a month ago that she contemplated quitting. Instead, the 31-year-old El Salvador native fired off an e-mail to Borders President Tami Heim that began, "I'm sorry for being so honest, but I feel I can open up to you."

I thought executives were put in place by merit not gender. Why is it that every article written lately is anti- whitey??

Political correctness. The squeeky (whiney) wheel gets the grease.
Those Americans who want to keep their right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness need to start speaking out more. It's being stolen from them by the thought police.
Screw PC. I've never acknowledged it myself. I'm not Clintonian.

Brother. Another PC anti-market "news story".

I like the way the article details all of the "advantages" that women executives provide-- as if these companies need the advice of this PC journalist and his editors to turn a profit. What did they do without this paper all these years?

Apart from the raw statistics, though, there's no mention of anything else regarding the women's promotions. Of course, we're meant to conclude that the poor women-- who would be providing all of this additional profit to the company if only they were given a chance-- are just the victims of sexism. Matters are not this straightforward, however. Women are much more likely to want to work fewer hours than their male counterparts, and they're more likely to take leaves from work. They do this because they're much more likely to want to be away from work more to raise kids.

Obviously people vary, so of course there are exceptions here. Nevertheless, the amount of time and ambition a person brings to the job is not randomy distributed between the sexes. So, the highest executive spots won't be either.

"We don't know why women are still so rare at the top levels of companies."

Maybe it is the fear of the inevitable sexual harassment charges if you look at a woman the "wrong way" or discrimination charges being filed if a woman feels as though she were passed over on a promotion, which may be ligitimate, but will now be obscured by those that do it for the fast track to the top.

Maybe NOW has made a bed that women executives must lie in, pardon the pun.

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