tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510042642433537141.post2694985456613905366..comments2023-11-02T08:51:19.129-07:00Comments on Women & Law: Women CAN Have It All: A Meteorologist's Storymalindahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06233439015219192874noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510042642433537141.post-6419873345918130512011-09-16T00:04:53.566-07:002011-09-16T00:04:53.566-07:00In response to DavidM's comment "What abo...In response to DavidM's comment "What about her failed marriage? The fact that her colleagues can't stand her?": All indications are that Ms. Jeffries is highly respected and perhaps one of if not the major draw to her news organization. Does anyone who wants the best & most comprehensive meteorlogic report (that's the weather report & forecast from a "real" meteorologist, not a person who just reads the weather)- really give a rats butt about the state of her marriage? And as any successful person knows, "collegues" often have their own ambitions and sniping about the chief in an attempt to climb the knives those overly-ambitious try to stick in the backs of others is nothing new. Just always consider the source and their motivation.<br /><br />After 7 years watching them all, Ms. Jeffries remains the most accurate in her forecasts and with a style that makes it all easy to understand without sounding condescending. All of this coming from one with significant undergrduate and post-grad work in meteorology, specifically aviation-related weather research & its practical application. Bottom Line: Ginger Jeffries rates side-by-side with Gary England (in OKC where accurate weather reports frequentlty mean life or death).Gary D in the Deserthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11665595859046535448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510042642433537141.post-21981292809570469972011-02-08T10:39:31.528-08:002011-02-08T10:39:31.528-08:00What about her failed marriage? The fact that her ...What about her failed marriage? The fact that her colleagues can't stand her? I guess you do get to "have it all."Davidmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09196006094450962863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510042642433537141.post-76749620757180137692008-01-29T17:57:00.000-08:002008-01-29T17:57:00.000-08:00There is a reason why this story was news worthy: ...There is a reason why this story was news worthy: she is an individual exception. However, I think this woman is not entirely a species of her own. While her life is still not the rule for women and may never be (for various reasons), she is an example of what is possible today. Thinking about my mother or grandmother's generations, women have many more choices as far as careers and lifestyles nowadays. <BR/><BR/>50 years ago, the cost for this woman may have been great. She worked on-air while so pregnant that she said her belly covered Texas on the map! Some people would have considered this improper back in the day. The station may have asked her to leave because she was not credible as a newsperson while pregnant (that's not so far fetched.) Societal pressures may have convinced her to quit and stay home full time. Her husband may have demanded that she be home at night instead of working so that she could tend to him, cook dinner, keep the kids out of his way while he relaxed, etc. It seems that women as a group are paying at least less of a cost now than what we have in the past, and I find the progress encouraging.ehamiltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00406051621841205289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5510042642433537141.post-44613550315756489672008-01-29T10:40:00.000-08:002008-01-29T10:40:00.000-08:00You're making some great points, and I love it tha...You're making some great points, and I love it that it's a meteorologist! Maybe Zoe's dream of being a meteorologist, a mom, a princess, a ballerina, and a teacher are within reach!<BR/><BR/>I agree that INDIVIDUAL women can have it all, but there is a difference in pointing to exceptional women who can compete equally with average men, and dealing with the realities of life for "women as a group."<BR/><BR/>And what is the cost of "having it all" for women? Is it similar to the cost for men?malindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06233439015219192874noreply@blogger.com