Comments on: Barack Obama: The First “Feminist” President

By: Earl Ashe

Earl Ashe — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:50:46 +0000

Jane,
I will attest to the fact that you worked very hard to attain your success. I was there and observed all. You were remarkably stoic and persistent in a time when sports was a mans world only. I admire your guts. I am delighted that you have achieved success. We can all benifit from your thinking. You are right on the mark.
Earl Ashe

By: Jane Chastain

Jane Chastain — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:23:14 +0000

Not at all. I just call it like I see it.

By the way, I didn’t step in front of anyone to get my job at CBS. It took 11 years. I worked my way up in sports in Raleigh, Atlanta and Miami. I worked long days and nights and I never asked for special favors. The barriers fell naturally. When the Braves and Falcons arrived in Atlanta and there was a question about whether I should be in the press box, the other sportscasters said, “of course. If she doesn’t get in, we’ll all leave.”

When I was passed over for the more glamorous anchor positions I didn’t whine about it. I began writing columns and doing a radio show after hours, creating more opportunities for myself.

Before I was hired by the network, I had a syndicated TV sports show that was in every major market in the country but one. It was called “Everything You always Wanted to Know about Sports but were Afraid to Ask.” The biggest problem I had was the feminists. They hated me because I was having fun with it. They claimed that I was talking down to women and started burning me in effigy and calling TV stations to demand my show be removed from the lineup. However, the show was not designed for women. It was designed for men. If a woman doesn’t understand something about sports she will ask. A man won’t.

No, it’s the radical feminists who don’t have a sense of humor. Also, they get angry when they don’t get their way.

I do worry about laws that manipulate the system to give women special rights. It makes all the women who earn their way suspect.

The Ledbetter Act hurts business. Therefore, it hurts all of us.

By: Fran

Fran — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 06:14:23 +0000

Wow Jane, you sound so angry and bitter. Amazing from a woman who stepped in front of many men in line at CBS Sports back in the day.

By: Larry Dorazio

Larry Dorazio — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 11:43:19 +0000

Jane,
It is interesting that the Fair Play Act should come at this time. I recently read of a law firm that had to lay off some of its lawyers. Now there is more work for them, further tying up our courts with more law suits.

By: Jane Chastain

Jane Chastain — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 16:47:21 +0000

Marie,

I assume that you were referring to the New York Times and the bias in that newspaper is well known. There are two sides to every story and the Supreme Court heard BOTH sides.

FYI: There is a provision in the law that gives the person filing a claim additional time if there were extenuating circumstances.

You must remember, there are many reasons that one employee may not be paid the same as another employee doing the same job: productivity, time with the company, an unbroken employment record….and POOR JOB REVIEWS!

By: Marie L

Marie L — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:21:06 +0000

Your facts are wrong regarding Lilly Ledbetter, according to recent Time article. She was notified prior to her retirement about pay discrimination. There’s more, but you can see in the article for yourself.

By: Edward Endo

Edward Endo — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 13:16:41 +0000

It’s not only the time for the real women to unite, but it’s also the time for real men to unite and stand behind these women.

By: Rich...

Rich... — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 06:55:42 +0000

B.O. feminist president? What next? Thanks Jane for another scintillating comun for WND. We here in VT love you even tho’ you are “out there” on the Left coast. I know so many ex-Cals (me included) that would not go back there if everything was free for the taking. Not a chance! God bless you, and keep those columns coming, thanx, Rich Hunter