Tag Archives: Gender

One Of History’s Great Men Was Probably A Woman

April 9, 2019

By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®

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A new documentary reveals Gen. Casimir Pulaski, the 18th century hero revered on two continents, was probably a woman.
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Casimir Pulaski, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia, Gender, Genetic Testing, History, Intersex, James Barry, Revolutionary War

A Taste Of Europe For California Business

September 5, 2018

By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®

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California lawmakers want to make public company boards look more like Europe’s, with a gender mandate.
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Business, California, California Legislature, Corporate Boards, Gender, Gender Equality, Law, Politics, SB 826

We Are What We Believe Ourselves To Be

November 9, 2015

By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®

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As citizens, we establish our government; it does not establish us.
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Gender, Government, Justice Department, LGBT, Race, Rachel Dolezal, The Department Of Education, Transgender Rights

Different Genders, Different Choices

October 9, 2015

By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®

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Don’t blame discrimination if men and women have different career goals and achieve them.
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Business, CEOs, Entrepreneurship, Gender, Gender Equality, Leadership

Society Leads, Politicians Follow – Into Unisex Restrooms

April 28, 2015

By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®

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Critics of the Equal Rights Amendment predicted unisex bathrooms and women in combat. Today we have both, though ERA died.
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Equal Rights Amendment, ERA, Gender, Gender-Neutral Restrooms, History, LGBT, Transgender Rights, Women In Combat

An Unequal Price For Equality

March 8, 2011

By Paul Jacobs, CFP®, EA

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Europeans are about to pay an unequal price for equality. On March 1, Europe’s top court banned insurance companies from …
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Discrimination, Europe, Gender, Insurance, James Slack, Sajjad Karim, Test-Achats, The European Union, Viviane Redding

Mad Men, And Women With Reason To Be

December 23, 2010

By Larry M. Elkin, CPA, CFP®

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Like many people, I count AMC’s “Mad Men” among my favorite television shows. Unlike many of the show’s critics, I …
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Brenda Berkman, Discrimination, Gender, Gender Discrimination, Mad Men, Sexual Harassment, Smith Barney