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Palin -- New Role Model for young women? - 9/10/2008 7:06:02 PM
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psalm116
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I work with teenagers at a Christian school. And in the last two weeks I've seen more and more girls wearing their hair like Palin. One student even said she had already ordered glasses like Palin's.
Could we be seeing a new role model for young women?
Is this good or bad? Why or why not?
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RE: Palin -- New Role Model for young women? - 9/10/2008 8:09:49 PM
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ManimalX
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Absolutely! She is a walking demonstration that a woman can be a feminine, tender, and caring mother, while still being in a position of civil leadership.
The noblest thing a woman can do is being a good mother. She can also earn money for her family, so long as she is not placing a "career" over her family. The Proverbs 31 woman was a successful businesswoman, but was a successful wife and mother first. I think Gov. Palin is a great example as anyone can see who observes her interactions with her children and husband. Todd has nothing but props for her, too.
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RE: Palin -- New Role Model for young women? - 9/10/2008 8:20:26 PM
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AdrianaS
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Well, I don't have kids or much contact with teen girls, my best friends have teen boys ..but sure she may become a role model to some young women as you are observing already. But much depends on family dinamics, if parents relates to Palin themselves and the christian faith also...maybe? Don't know.
This role model situation makes me back in time to remember who were the women I admired in my young girl days, in a different culture in the 70's was : Golda Meir, Indira Ghandi and my own maternal Grandma, very much so.
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RE: Palin -- New Role Model for young women? - 9/10/2008 11:39:22 PM
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I sure hope so, America could use a positive role model for young women.
This may sound sexist, but I also like the fact that she still has a feminine persona about her. It seemed that women had to shun feminine qualities in order to be respected but not anymore.
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RE: Palin -- New Role Model for young women? - 9/10/2008 11:42:31 PM
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PhunkD
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As long as they don't emulate her by lying, trying to ban books, firing people that stand up to them, hiring lobbyists or leaving their states in debt, they might do well to emulate Palin.
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RE: Palin -- New Role Model for young women? - 9/10/2008 11:48:44 PM
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Jhud
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As long as they don't emulate her by lying, trying to ban books, firing people that stand up to them, hiring lobbyists or leaving their states in debt, they might do well to emulate Palin.
Well, considering she never banned a book, or 'left the state in debt', it would appear she isn't the one lying.
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RE: Palin -- New Role Model for young women? - 9/10/2008 11:52:13 PM
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PhunkD
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whoops. meant to type "city."
And I didn't say she successfully banned a book, only that she tried. Hopefully the kids that emulate Palin will be more effective, too.
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RE: Palin -- New Role Model for young women? - 9/11/2008 12:08:40 AM
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Jhud
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whoops. meant to type "city."
And I didn't say she successfully banned a book, only that she tried. Hopefully the kids that emulate Palin will be more effective, too.
She didn't try to ban anything, and the residents of Wasilla voted to fund the sports complex that consitutes that debt, which is municipally bonded, and set to be paid off two years early.
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RE: Palin -- New Role Model for young women? - 9/11/2008 12:09:25 AM
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psalm116
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I sure hope so, America could use a positive role model for young women.
This may sound sexist, but I also like the fact that she still has a feminine persona about her. It seemed that women had to shun feminine qualities in order to be respected but not anymore.
That doesn't sound sexist to me. God created women to be feminine and have a voice (lots of vocal strong women in the Bible).
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RE: Palin -- New Role Model for young women? - 9/11/2008 12:12:25 AM
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Rockwall
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As long as they don't emulate her by lying, trying to ban books, firing people that stand up to them, hiring lobbyists or leaving their states in debt, they might do well to emulate Palin.
You stick with your Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan, but let's hope others prefer Palin over them.
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RE: Palin -- New Role Model for young women? - 9/11/2008 12:16:12 AM
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LabGuy
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And I didn't say she successfully banned a book, only that she tried. Hopefully the kids that emulate Palin will be more effective, too.
Sorry, but this particular falsehood about Gov. Palin attempting to ban books has been thoroughly debunked. See here. (factcheck.org)
It was a particularly ludicrous attempt at a smear because the list of books she supposedly tried to ban included ones that hadn't even been published at the time.
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RE: Palin -- New Role Model for young women? - 9/11/2008 12:21:39 AM
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PhunkD
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And I didn't say she successfully banned a book, only that she tried. Hopefully the kids that emulate Palin will be more effective, too.
Sorry, but this particular falsehood about Gov. Palin attempting to ban books has been thoroughly debunked. See here. (factcheck.org)
It was a particularly ludicrous attempt at a smear because the list of books she supposedly tried to ban included ones that hadn't even been published at the time.
-Robb
Another, fuller, balanced account: http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/515512.html
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RE: Palin -- New Role Model for young women? - 9/11/2008 12:22:45 AM
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PhunkD
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Do you think these young kids will end up on McCain's "pork list," too!
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-earmarks3-2008sep03,0,6851593.story
PS. By putting Palin on this list of "pork," was McCain calling her a pig?
ummm.....did you mean to post this here? It doesn't relate to this thread. 
I don't want my kids emulating wasteful spending habits!
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RE: Palin -- New Role Model for young women? - 9/11/2008 12:27:47 AM
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Jhud
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Another, fuller, balanced account: http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/515512.html
And what books did she ban?
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RE: Palin -- New Role Model for young women? - 9/11/2008 12:32:27 AM
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PhunkD
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Another, fuller, balanced account: http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/515512.html
And what books did she ban?
As I said earlier, and the story shows, none. She wanted the authority to ban books. She tried to fire the librarian that did not co-operate, but she never banned a book.
This is not role model behavior, in my opinion.
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RE: Palin -- New Role Model for young women? - 9/11/2008 12:34:58 AM
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Jhud
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As I said earlier, and the story shows, none. She wanted the authority to ban books. She tried to fire the librarian that did not co-operate, but she never banned a book.
This is not role model behavior, in my opinion.
You keep predicating it on book banning. What book did she try to ban?
If she didn't ban a book, or try to ban a book, then your contention that she 'wanted authority to ban books' is nonsense.
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RE: Palin -- New Role Model for young women? - 9/11/2008 12:36:57 AM
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LabGuy
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And I didn't say she successfully banned a book, only that she tried. Hopefully the kids that emulate Palin will be more effective, too.
Sorry, but this particular falsehood about Gov. Palin attempting to ban books has been thoroughly debunked. See here. (factcheck.org)
It was a particularly ludicrous attempt at a smear because the list of books she supposedly tried to ban included ones that hadn't even been published at the time.
-Robb
Another, fuller, balanced account: http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/515512.html
No offense, but did you read the relevant section on factcheck.org? It covered the same material and included more information, specifically addressing the supposed list of books.
Also, the implication that factcheck.org is somehow a biased source seems unwarranted. If you look at the home page, in fact, the top story is calling the McCain-Palin campaign to task for distorting the site's findings in the very article I linked.
-Robb
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RE: Palin -- New Role Model for young women? - 9/11/2008 12:39:53 AM
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psalm116
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Would you like to start a thread on whether Palin tried to ban books or not? If not, then please stick to the topic of this thread. Thank you!
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RE: Palin -- New Role Model for young women? - 9/11/2008 12:54:43 AM
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AdrianaS
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What I do observe happening is that Mrs Palin is empowering women who are Mom's and the daughters of those Mom's will be more appreciated, as marriage, maternity, working hard inside and outside home, advacing and being reckognize in theor professions etc etc. The results will be great, as women are doing that for a long long time. Now we have a woman in Mrs Palin candidate VP representing many Mom's, she will be the first to get "there" or almost "there" for now, as the Mrs.President door will get to be open bit later...wait and see everybody! 
As a woman, single, never really want to be a mom and etc I can get excited about some things reggarding Mrs.Palin but do not relate much as other women may. Some women may want have what Mrs Palin have others not quite the same and that is natural, I think.
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