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Former drug agent has got Sarah Palin’s back…
This press release about a new book just crossed my desk:
“Author June Werdlow Rogers, PhD, is employing an empathetic yet straightforward approach in revealing to Sarah Palin that she was one of the people discussed in her new book, “Cracking the Double Standard Code,” A Guide to Successful Navigation in the Workplace. Werdlow Rogers plans to send one of the first books hot off the press of Cable Publishing to Palin. It is her hope that, unlike her reactions to author Joe McGinniss, Palin will recognize Werdlow Rogers’ motives as sincere.
It was unnecessary for a move next door to Palin to observe, as “Cracking the Double Standard Code” acknowledges, that a primary challenge for Palin during the 2008 presidential campaign was facing the double standard that women leaders routinely encounter. The central question posed in the chapter that discusses Sarah Palin’s VP Campaign and Governorship is just how well she dealt with the many obstacles and pitfalls that she encountered. Werdlow Rogers’ states, “I relish the possibility of Palin’s awareness and understanding of The Code to become a better leader.”
In “Cracking the Double Standard Code,” the author, a retired Special Agent in Charge for the DEA, has brought to light a shadowy code of conduct imposed on women leaders, and it turns out that her undercover work was not limited to bad guys: She was also amassing a wealth of evidence about how women leaders are treated and perceived differently in male-dominated environments such as the DEA. June’s twenty five years of investigating and leading, together with a social scientist’s approach originating from her doctorial pursuit, created the unique combination of skills used to uncover this strict pattern of behavior expected of women leaders. In finding ways to survive and thrive in this relatively hostile atmosphere, her reward for successful navigation was a trek to the top.
To help others, June holds nothing back in tackling thorny subjects like gender stereotypes surrounding PMS, menopause, and cat-fighting. Employing a relaxed and colorful conversational tone, this frank and dynamic commentary’s targeted audience is women leaders and those who mentor them about how to succeed. With provocative titles like Her Faults Are in High Definition, What a Woman Says is Fair Game to Kill or Steal, and Give Her the Post-Partum Blues, each chapter first presents evidence of the standard imposed through captivating anecdotes and then provides powerful advice for successful navigation.”
Which begs the question; is Sarah Palin a feminist?
Vick Mickunas
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By irishguy
June 9, 2010 4:16 PM | Link to this
Not much for Facebook either. I check mine every 2-3 weeks. Just thought you guys would enjoy the thought of stuffing Mrs Palin in a hole in the bottom of the Gulf. Of course, then you couldn’t write about her any longer…
By Mark from St Paul
June 9, 2010 12:30 PM | Link to this
Sorry IG but while I have a Facebook page, I really hate that site. It’s the Wall Street of the internet, an irritating buffer juxtaposed between you and your friends. Its sole purpose is to enrich Facebook while exposing you to every manner of privacy invasions and useless timewasting. So yeah, it is a perfect place for Palin to spread her “beliefs.”
By vick
June 9, 2010 12:06 PM | Link to this
Irish, Facebook has 500 million users worldwide. I think there’s probably a Facebook page for just about every possible thing a person could imagine….they call it a “social network.” I call it a CIRCUS.
By irishguy
June 8, 2010 11:50 PM | Link to this
Mark, Vick, I hear there’s a facebook page dedicated to those who wish to plug BP’s oil leak with Mrs Palin. Just in case you haven’t already signed up….
By Fed-up
June 8, 2010 8:27 AM | Link to this
Insider- Sarah has a head. She is in need of a brain to put in it.
By middsteve
June 8, 2010 1:09 AM | Link to this
She would be better than whats in White house now by a huge margin.
By Blowfly
June 7, 2010 3:03 PM | Link to this
I actually think that Palin was treated very favorably by the mainstream press. It was the bloggosphere and SNL that crucified her. She’s the only candidate of her stature in modern history not to do any of the Sunday talk shows. She was effectively hidden from the press the entire campaign, even from the friendly press like Fox News. Despite this, and the shockingly stupid things she said, the mainstream press continued to push the plucky Alaska frontierwoman who can field dress a mouse (I mean moose) story. In other words, she got away with being the least substantive candidate for VP ever. If she were a man she never would have been taken seriously.
By Max
June 7, 2010 12:44 PM | Link to this
VICK: “John McCain’s tattered coat tails might have a slightly different view, Irish… “ LOL…..You know, McCain’s pick of Palin has to rank right up there with Quayle as a peculiar running mate…..Now, McCain even disavows being a ‘maverick’ while Palin wears the ‘maverick’ tatoo like a badge of honor. As the GOP puts forth more female candidates in the midterm, this may give Palin, Rogers, and the Democrats something to think about; a woman can be who she is, be elected, serve her whole term of office, and promote a conservative agenda. Now, that’s an interesting story….
By Max
June 7, 2010 10:32 AM | Link to this
Is palin a feminist? No. But, most women don’t allow a few feminists’ broad paintbrush paint them into a professional or private corner. Palin didn’t need NOW’s endorsement nor could she commit to feminism any more than she could commit to her governorship. Palin is about Palin in a different, cynical way than Hillary Clinton is about Hillary; the latter is taken seriously by both parties, the former is kept at an arm’s distance. Hillary has a job, Palin doesn’t at the moment. While there is, and probably always be a double standard as long as women and men enjoy seperate restrooms, that is not necessarily a bad thing when androgeny is the alternative. Our gender identities are important to our gender-based roles. While those roles have expanded and become more inclusive, it has changed the way we view the home and raising children. As for a ‘double standard code,’ this sounds more like sour grapes with examples like Palin in support. Historically, women have benefitted from some double standards; alimony, child custody, and some criminal law procedure/defenses all based on gender and perceptions of their natural nurturing capacities. That the book is premised upon existence of a nefarious double standard ‘code’ seems like more a self-reflection of an older woman oblivious these issues are neither new nor unique in her hermeneutic journey. In fact, society’s perceptions of gender have moved far ahead of the author’s premises. Rogers was writted a blog disguised as a book. There’s a lot of that going around today by women and men.
By vick
June 7, 2010 10:24 AM | Link to this
John McCain’s tattered coat tails might have a slightly different view, Irish…
By irishguy
June 6, 2010 10:22 PM | Link to this
I seem to recall hearing Mrs Palin refer to herself as a feminist. She does seem to “have it all” like the feminists said was possible back in the 70’s and 80’s. And she got there on her own, not riding any man’s coat tails.
By Mark from St Paul
June 6, 2010 7:40 PM | Link to this
Women clearly play by different rules. In 1982 I worked for a woman who ran for governor of Iowa. She was a U.S. Attorney, incredibly smart, self-made/by her bootstraps, and she and her husband had made some money in real estate. The Des Moines Register then proceeded to beat her up over 80 times in print about the fact that she and her husband had avoided paying state taxes due to real estate tax shelters they’d set up. Nevermind that this was the status quo for most prominent Iowa Republicans. Well, now she’s running for U.S. Senator against Chuck Grassley. It’s her first race since losing the governorship thirty years ago and the Register is — you guessed it — beating her up because she gets federal tax credits for having invested millions into low-income housing for poor people in Des Moines. Double standard? No, just one standard: what men do all the time women can’t do, not if they want to run for office.
By Gobblygook
June 6, 2010 6:21 PM | Link to this
Gobblygook is good. Gobblygook is convienient. Gobblygook is truth. Gooblygook is non-lies. Gobblygook is non-truth. Gooblygook is pro-logic. Gooblygook is anti-logic. Gooblygook is the mantra of controlled truth aversion. Gooblygook is the verbal/written/policy driver of those opposed to free people. Also, people with three names are elitists…Gobblygook producers…
By Bob
June 6, 2010 6:02 PM | Link to this
I’m always curious why NOW never seems to support Palin, can’t help but wonder if it has something to do with the typical “Do as I say not as I Do” liberal hypocrisy, you can bet your happy azz if her last name was Ferraro that NOW would be defending her at every turn. Gotta love the ‘Feel Good’ hypocrites, enjoy it while it last you morons are quickly running out of other peoples money to spend, It’ll be a joy to watch the complete implosion of progressives.
By Insider
June 6, 2010 4:30 PM | Link to this
I think Sarah basically just wants to get ahead.