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My bras contain a lot of latex or other stretchy material.
They melt and smoke emitting noxious odors, rather than
burning.
I know because I had a clothes dryer that charred a load
of laundry. The burned jeans and socks were covered with
greyish smelly beads of former-bra. The chemical smells
first attracted my attention, and were gagging when I
opened the door.
I agree with the article. Women threw away bras, not
burned them
Pat
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| [from a local NOW newsletter the Time article]
Onward, Women!
Time magazine recently surveyed the public on its attitudes
towards "feminism". The result? While most women don't identify
with the label feminist, feminism isn't totally dead; it has just
taken a new form in the last three decades.
Today's young women have grown up with the assumption that they
"can have it all". The ERA means nothing to these women who already
assume they will be treated as equals. Many women don't see sexism
as an obstacle until they are will along in their careers and angling
for a promotion or until they have their first child and their
juggling acts begins. They are then shocked to learn that women
still earn only 66 cents to the man's dollar, a difference that has
narrowed by less than a dime over the best two decades. Among
Fortune 500 companies, less than 2% of top executives are female. A
1987 U.S. Chamber of Commerce report found that the corporate women
at the vice-presidential level and above earn 42% less than their
male counterparts.
Progress has been made by using education as the first step in
women's ability to compete in a "man's world". In the 50's, women
made up only 20% of college undergraduates (in contrast to 54% today)
and two-thirds did not complete their degrees. Compared to 1960, the
number of female lawyers and judges has climbed from 7,500 to 180,000
today, female doctors from 15,672 to 108,200, and female engineers
from 7,404 to 174,000. The number of women in elected office has
more than tripled since 1975 at the local level, though their
presence has barely changed in the U.S. Congress.
Asked to select the most important goal for the women's movement
today, participants in the TIME/CNN poll rated "helping women balance
work and family" as #1. Even men seem to feel the pressure to
reevaluate their attitudes and values. One survey showed that 56% of
men polled would give up as much as a quarter of their salary to have
more family or personal time. About 45% said they would probably
refuse a promotion that involved sacrificing hours with their family.
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