Monday, July 15, 2013

Cheese And Whine (We Can Be Arrogant, Too, Y'know)


Oh sure, Americans always start off excited, like this:
"Trapped by European-style Socialism—And I Love It! 
Maybe working moms can have it all—in France."

"After my first job interview here, I realized that progressive France might not be quite as enlightened as I thought."

Then come American musings on home, and an appreciation of conservatism:
"The United States has done just as well or better than France by most measurements at closing the workplace gender gap. Is it possible that the more Spartan benefits in the U.S. actually contribute to providing more opportunities for women? Certainly there is less of a stigma in the United States about changing jobs or even careers in mid-life than there is in France, and because U.S. employers can more easily fire people, they may be more willing to hire as well."

Americans idolizing France? Not once you know it.


As I, too, discovered, first-hand:

The ugly American's practically a french creation,...

2 comments:

  1. Speaking of cheese and whine, thought you might like this:

    http://finance.yahoo.com/news/10-things-baby-boomers-won-114946461.html?page=2

    My husband and I grew up on the cusp of that generation, and honestly it all sums up (for me at least) as: would you people grow the eff up already?
    Mind you, not everyone in that generation acted that way, and there are plenty younger and older who were just as bad...but overall, generally speaking...and everyone has to pay the price for their bullshit (which is deep and pungent).

    PW

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