In my first SC blog post I made the following comments in regards to the candidates for Danville City Council:\u00a0 “Do you wonder why no females are running? Do you care?” Imagine my surprise that my comments elicited the following response…<\/p>\n
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\u00a0“Why in the world would the gender of the candidates even cross your mind? What does that have to do with their qualifications?” “…probably the least intelligent statement I have ever read on this blog.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Why would gender cross my mind?\u00a0 Gee, no blinders on my eyes, I’m sorry but they all look like men.\u00a0 I would notice if they all looked like women.<\/p>\n
Why would the gender of a candidate cross my mind? Maybe because the 2010 Census Report shows that 54.4% of the population of\u00a0 Danville is composed of females.\u00a0 If females make up more than 50% of the population, and not one female serves on our city council nor is there one female candidate for council why wouldn’t I notice or care?<\/p>\n
Now, do I think that the writer of the statements\u00a0 I mention would fail to consider or notice if all<\/strong> the candidates for council were female-no, that thought will never cross my mind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In my first SC blog post I made the following comments in regards to the candidates for Danville City Council: “Do you wonder why no females are running? Do you care?” Imagine my surprise that my comments elicited the following response…<\/p>\n
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