Underpinnings Blog

Category: Equality

  • Are You a Feminist?

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    Peggy Hagerty Duffy
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    What Does That Even Mean? Are you a feminist?  What exactly does that mean? And is it important to you to identify yourself as such? Megyn Kelly, former Fox News host and current NBC news personality, was widely derided in 2016 by her refusal to label herself as a feminist.  She stated that the term…

  • Revolutions Don’t Happen When Everyone Is Happy

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    Peggy Hagerty Duffy
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    Are You Uncomfortable? (Warning: This post contains a slang word that may be offensive to some.  It should be offensive to all). Last week I was sitting in an uncomfortable chair, being assaulted by a stranger’s cell phone conversation overflow, and mourning yet another precious few hours of my life that were forever lost while…

  • I Am Not One of the Boys

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    Peggy Hagerty Duffy
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    Sometimes Being Tough Means Being Stupid There are a number of milestones most women will experience if they undertake a career in a field populated mainly by men. At some point, you will get singled out in a very conspicuous situation (important meeting, large construction site) for being the only female within miles and will…

  • Bought and Paid For

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    Peggy Hagerty Duffy
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    How Do We Ignore the Voices That Say We’re Not Enough? A couple of weeks before Christmas, I was watching TV and a trailer for the movie “Hidden Figures” came on.  A man in the movie asked Janelle Monae if she would want to try to become an engineer if she were a man, and…