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East End Women’s Network: New Board, Scholarship Winners

Longstanding networking group appoints new board members and awards annual scholarships at Baiting Hollow meeting.

State Senate candidate and noted local photographer Liz Glasgow are among the influential East End women to be selected as new board members for the East End Women’s Network, a group of civic-minded women that has helped promote women in business, industry, labor, government, the arts, education and public service since 1981.

The new members were sworn in at a meeting at Giorgio’s in Baiting Hollow last Wednesday, where Patch was the featured business. North Fork Patch editor spoke about the evolution of Patch and the benefits of using the website for business people.

Finally, two female high school seniors were awarded scholarships based upon essays they wrote about why it’s important for women to support one another. First place winner Zoe Vayer of won $1,000 for her essay about her mother.

“She has taught by example and shown me how to be an independent woman,” she wrote. “My mother has shown me how to act with kindness and selflessness. She has played a key role in making me who I am today and I look up to her as a human being and as a female role model.”

Zoe also wrote that women must support each other because the fight against gender stereotypes is “rooted in centuries of gender profiling.”

“Women’s greatest obstacle is overcoming male expectations and biases,” she wrote. “Men expect women to fill certain roles and to behave in certain ways.  Women ought to have the same opportunities as men in the work place and household.  Women should not be expected to do dishes, expected to wash clothes. A woman should just as well be able to grill a steak or play football.  The argument is not whether women are physically or emotionally equal to men. The key is opportunity.”

Second place winner Stephanie Puwalski of Eastport South Manor won $500 for her essay that also addressed the theme of the ongoing struggle for gender equality.

“Oftentimes, women are criticized if they do something wrong because they are usually expected to do and say things in a certain way,” she wrote. “Then again women could just be criticized because of a man’s fear that if a woman stops acting with support and encouragement, there will be an outbreak of chaos. For the love and inspiration a woman offers is an intrinsic aspect of today’s world.”

See attached PDFs to read the full essays from this year’s scholarship winners.

Howie July 2, 2012 at 05:19 pm
Women make up the majority of managers in the work place today. Young single women under 30 earn more than men do in that age bracket. Women have the same opportunities as men and have for quite a long time now. So why do we still have hundreds of women-only scholarships available but nothing for men when women receive 2/3 of all college degrees? Why are women given minority status when they are the majority?
Rik Little July 2, 2012 at 05:42 pm
Woman should get the same opportunities as men by being able to be arrested and put thru the system based solely on the the word of a member of the opposite sex and be put on the domestic violence registry which will be "evidence" that they are the State deemed non-custodial parent and lose their children while given the opportunity to pay State child support or go to jail again.
Allan Morrell Masculinist July 2, 2012 at 05:43 pm
Thank goodness that men like myself have found solidarity in the Masculinist brotherhood.
Masculinists have no gender biased role model issues and fear no role model gender biased issues nor do we as masculinist's make expectation or demands of women for we as masculinist's have a brotherhood of role models who choose to live by good virtue by only meeting to our own expectations and demands of ourselves without the desire or need to make expectations or demands of others whether they be of opposite genders or alike genders... Evidently the expectations and demands come from those who enter a relationship without mutual respect and appreciation... and as such are not considered excellent role models whether either of them are male or female! Masculinists support the ending of gender biased hypocrisy and the passive aggressive nature of misandric stereotyping of males!
David D'Agostino July 2, 2012 at 05:50 pm
Great news about the High School student scholarships. Sounds like your organization is doing great work.
PaulQ July 2, 2012 at 06:04 pm
It’s ironic that we have to read these superstitions: “men’s biases against women”.
The only true statement in this article is that women don’t have equal opportunity compared to men; they have superior opportunity, with the affirmative action and the systematic discrimination against men and boys in schools, colleges, universities, funding, and employment. It’s the dishonest doctrine of feminism that encourages this type of intellectual masturbation; let me be the first one to shout “THE EMPEROR IS NAKED” and I hope that more and more men and women will step forward and challenge the shaming tactics of feminism and shout with me.
Rik Little July 2, 2012 at 06:35 pm
http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/02/310075.shtml
Peter Papineau July 2, 2012 at 07:10 pm
These young girls won the first and the second place in male hating contest and were awarded for believing and spreading the “selflessness” and “kind” male hating dogma卐
Empowered by Feminist dogma卐
David D'Agostino July 2, 2012 at 07:23 pm
What a mean thing to say to some accomplished young woman. Your comment is truly moronic, Mr. Papineau, and a perfect example of why organizations like this are needed. Pathetic.
Peter Papineau July 2, 2012 at 08:19 pm
@David D'Agostino,it's truly a shame to see you driven by your hormones as a teenager,learn how to understand what you read.
some people will lie and destroy a nation for few dollars,I am unlike you not one of them,keep on pastoring the poisonous message of hatred,since this is the only thing that you can do.
Hazel Wilkonson the First July 2, 2012 at 09:18 pm
Mr. Papineau, calling you pathetic is being too kind. I cannot believe that someone who I assume is a grown man would attack young children to satisfy his own hatreds. You should seek help and try picking on someone your own size, coward.
Real Equalist July 2, 2012 at 11:31 pm
@ Hazel - PP speaks the Truth √ I would suggest you - seek out some Reality !
Real Equalist July 2, 2012 at 11:33 pm
√ Rik - Amen
Tom July 3, 2012 at 12:34 am
@Real Equalist
@Peter Papineau Do you really expect us to believe that you are not the same person posting under two names? Really? The only two guys on the board posting with little HTML characters. Honestly now... lame.
Howie July 3, 2012 at 02:05 am
My point being that when I read this article, I felt like I was back in 1975. It's utterly ridiculous today to actually say or worse yet believe that women have less opportunities than men. I have daughters and a son and know that my daughters have more opportunities than my son does. The continued mantra of male oppression of women today in the US is nothing but an anti-male agenda. Google "women-only scholarships" and you come up with a list of dozens, if not hundreds. Google a list of "men-only" scholarships and you come up empty. How many women's conferences and centers are there in academia? How many mentorship programs for women? How many special courses to assist women in business and education? How many health offices are there? Tons. How many of all of these for men? ZERO. What percent of degrees go to women? 2/3. When women were at lower levels of men, we changed the education system, had affirmative action, and special funding to help women. Now that men are decimated in education, what help is there for them? None- still only women are deemed to allowed to get assistance. Women's groups have opposed men receiving any help. They have fought tooth and nail against men having a men and boys council or any health offices. Talk about gender stereotypes- it's the women's groups that portray all men as rapists and abusers. They force only men to take classes about reducing violence, even though women are half the perpetrators. (cont.)
Howie July 3, 2012 at 02:16 am
The anti-male rhetoric that abounds in this article and this group's teachings is astounding. It's nothing more than typical feminist ideals of teaching women they are always the victims at the hands of males, no matter the actual reality. To teach these young ladies that they are limited in opportunity is detrimental to them and harmful. They should be taught the truth, that they can do and become whatever they wish to, whether it is a stay-at-home mom (yes, including cleaning and cooking. My mom did that and I had great respect for her. To demean and ridicule those endeavors and somehow repulsive and demeaning is plain wrong) or an engineer. There is no opportunity these young ladies are banned from attempting. They are given more opportunities than young men today. And why are these women taught to support only other women? If these women hire other women only, aren't they becoming oppressive and limiting opportunities for men? How then are they any better than the horrific male gender the author claims to exist? How about if men got together and said we must only support other men? The author and this program would label them as misogynist and women-haters. The same needs to be said of the teachings of this program. I have no ill will towards the young ladies in the program, but I have a lot of disgust at the author of this article and this program's teachings.
Peter Papineau July 3, 2012 at 04:29 am
I thought that David D'Agostino is an adult, as per your nonsensical comment, please join the same reading comprehension class with Dave.
Poisoning the minds of young girls is a crime that only cowards like you can commit, seeding their hearts with hatred and awarding them for unsubstantiated claims that only contributes to their misery, Add to that the misery that you are inflecting on the “privileged” boys and young men, who are dropping in ever high rates from school, due to your sexism, is the lowest form of cowardice, but you are such a shameless person! you are destroying the lives of boys and poisoning the minds of girls to fight a war against their naturel partners, all of that to get few dollars from the government, you should be ashamed of yourself ;it’s only your lack of dignity that is preventing you from getting the full impact of this comment.
Hoi Polloi July 3, 2012 at 10:14 am
If it makes a group of ladies feel better about themselves to lament all of their trials and tribulations have at it. Feelings of being wronged and being victims are very seductive and when in a group like this the seductive pull of going negative is amplified exponentially. If you want me, as a male, to be your biggest obstacle - that's what I will always be. The universe will amend itself to fit your picture of what it is - you may want to try a more uplifting and positive group rather than one that focuses on fake limitations.
Barbara F July 3, 2012 at 02:53 pm
Well try being a 62 year old woman trying to get a job.
Hoi Polloi July 3, 2012 at 03:01 pm
Hey Barbara: "Argue for your limitations and behold, they are yours!"
Rik Little July 3, 2012 at 06:38 pm
It's all part of the Femi-Fascist plan of the New World Order. This article seriously disturbs me and I know I am "abused". I would like all the writers, scholarship recipients and supporters of this Femi-Fascism arrested and put thru the sytem on my word of being "terrified" and for me to recieve at least a weeks free rent in a battered mens shelter for my trouble and being abused
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Rik Little July 3, 2012 at 06:40 pm
That would require trans sexual surgury which I cannot afford.
Rik Little July 3, 2012 at 06:49 pm
@Tom You are a real jerk. You were my very first friend on MySpace and you defriended me for the apparent reason of your strong beliefs in feminism. Let me tell you how you "abused" me and how police will be coming for you and how fake and phoney feminism is in the first place. Anybody who still believes in it is really stupid.
Shinnecock Hills July 4, 2012 at 01:11 pm
@Howie, I notice you didn't include your source for the statistics you posted. So I'll post statistics that I didn't just fabricate to suit me. Since you probably have the attention span of a 3 year old I'll just post the stats by age.
Source: Catalyst.org Earnings and Income of U.S. Women and Men Age Group Women's % of Men's Earnings 20-24 93.8% 25-34 90.8% 35-44 79.9% 45-54 76.5% 55-64 75.2% 65+ 75.7% Here's the link for all the stats: http://www.catalyst.org/publication/217/womens-earnings-and-income
Pamela Kallimanis July 16, 2012 at 06:33 pm
http://easthampton.patch.com/blog_posts/what-is-a-bully-and-who-is-the-next-victim#comments_list
Rik Little July 17, 2012 at 11:03 pm
@Shinnecock Hills; just like NOW "statistics" they start with US Census, or US Labor or PEW Research or DOJ statistiis and then jerk them around (apples to oragnes blah blah ) so they say what these manipulative feminists want. No mention of the actual studies, actual work, actual hours>> just complete FALSE STATISTICS of FEMINIST BULLSHIT Concocted from deceptively "reliable Sources". I am sad to see you have stooped to this low level of the fEMINIST bIG LIE.
Howie July 21, 2012 at 05:31 am
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,2015274,00.html#ixzz0yNZTU4
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704415104576250672504707048.html And this still doesn't explain the anti-male sentiments expressed in this article or in the group either. Show me one example of where women are oppressed by men in the USA today? Where women don't have the same opportunities? What an anti-male, victim-teaching program this is. Radical feminism at it's best. Or worst I should say.

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