Comments on: Does Every Woman Really Count?

By: PunditMom

PunditMom — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:16:29 +0000

I certainly am aware of the work Lifetime TV has done for women. My concern is that if serious efforts start to veer toward, or include, these types of “fluffy” questions the more important questions and efforts are not taken seriously.

If Lifetime wants to be viewed as the serious advocate it is, why do these questions in the first place? They serve no purpose to help women and only hurts the perception others have of women’s groups.

By: Martha Burk

Martha Burk — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:27:22 +0000

Lifetime has a long history of advocacy for women, and has in fact been instrumental in getting more than one piece of legislation on violence against women passed. They are the only network to include serious issues women care about as part of their programming, and regularly consult with national women’s groups on issues. The poll was much longer than these few “fun” questions, as PunditMom would know if she had done her homework. The serious questions were released first, and separately.

By: Lisse

Lisse — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:45:29 +0000

Infuriating. Really.

By: Daisy

Daisy — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 03:25:05 +0000

Issues. Substance. Intelligence. Must repeat. Issues. Substance. Intelligence.

By: Kate

Kate — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:34:54 +0000

grrrr just just so frustraiting it’s hare to write words to express it.

By: Florinda

Florinda — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:02:54 +0000

That’s just silly. Thank you for the heads-up, so I won’t waste my time with that particular poll.

I agree that the stated goal of Every Woman Counts is worthwhile, but going about it this way doesn’t seem to move that agenda forward. I guess they’re playing into the belief that women vote based on personalities as opposed to issues, and perhaps some do - but shouldn’t the goal be to move AWAY from that sort of thinking?

By: PT-LawMom

PT-LawMom — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:13:58 +0000

I’m going to contact Lifetime about this. What a way to perpetuate the myth that women don’t have views on issues other than what is best for our babies and our home. Geez!

By: Carla

Carla — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:52:34 +0000

I completely agree. They might as well ask us who we think has the best fashion sense. You’d think the people over at Lifetime would be seriously invested in making the campaign a legitimate effort to engage women. It’s just sad to see them asking these kinds of questions. I’m moved to say that MTV might ask better questions than the folks over at Lifetime.