Magnifisyncopathological: Choosing to Hurt the Economy to Make a Point

October 18, 2004

Choosing to Hurt the Economy to Make a Point

News8Austin: Don't shop 'til you drop during Buycott

Joan Sclar gives new credence to the term "shop 'til you drop." But this Tuesday, she's giving the credit cards a break in order to help prove a point - that in more ways than one, women are a critical part of the economy.

No shit. Don't you comprise something like - hmm, let me think - half the damn population?

Sclar is joining other women in support of "Buycott," a day in which creator Janet Hanson hopes women nationwide won't buy anything. Hansen belongs to 85 Broads, a network of female professionals who work for Wall Street banking giant Goldman Sachs.

"We're hoping that on October 19 women will chose that day not to buy any essential goods so they can reflect on their enormous purchasing power, which so far has not translated into economic power in the workplace," Hansen said.

Does anyone want to know the two reasons why men and women do not have the same power in the workplace?

There is no shortage of sexists who will treat men better than women.
Men and women are NOT equal in all respects.

The former will never be fully eradicated, though I bet the membership of that group shrinks steadily every year in the US. The latter can only be overcome through genetic engineering. Since that isn't likely to happen, women will be treated differently because they are different. Not all discrimination is bad discrimination.

Statistics show more than 80 percent of all purchases are either made or influenced by women. But less than 15 percent of top executives in Fortune 500 companies are female.

The number of reasons that can explain this lopsided statistic extend beyond the simple implied message of sexism.

Buycott's critics worry that some of the businesses that could be hurt by the demonstration are owned by women. It could hurt women's businesses.

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Hanson said Buycott is not about being economically hostile. It's about companies finding ways of thanking women who buy, by promoting more women who work for them.

Copyright ©2004TWEAN News Channel of Austin, L.P. d.b.a. News 8 Austin

If asking for women nationwide to refrain from all economic activity is not being "economically hostile," then we've slid further down the slope of irrationality than I had thought.

Posted by Drizzten at October 18, 2004 05:14 PM

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