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In celebration of All College Day 2009, the Strong House leadership team would like to Hear All Voices about women and leadership at Vassar.
Old School VSA Meeting in Rocky
Welcome!
Welcome to the Women & Leadership at Vassar blog. This blog is a project started by Strong House in attempt to create dialogue about the ways in which women engage in leadership roles on campus.
In the last three years...
- 0 of 3 VSA Presidents have been women.
- 8 of 14 VSA Exec members have been women.
- 6 of 26 House Presidents have been women (and 3 of them had to be women from Strong)!
- 2 of 12 Class Presidents have been women.
Did you know?
- Since 2002-03, only 21 of 62 house presidents have been women
- Of the last 10 VSA Presidents, 4 were women, 6 were men. Most recently, there are have been five consecutive male VSA presidents.
- Of 53 VSA Exec Board members, 25 were women, 28 were men.
7 comments:
sometimes I don't. I feel people at Vassar come from much more educated backgrounds than I, which causes intense insecurities to resurface within me. When it comes to gender, I do believe males at Vassar exude a much more confident persona than females. Or at least in my opinion.
I agree that men at Vassar do give off an air, but is there any reason why we can't change that? I'm not dismissing your insecurities, but the way I see life, if you never try, you'll never know. You should go out for a position. Be active. Make changes. :)
I absolutely feel qualified for a leadership position. I simply choose different avenues of leadership than the ones offered by student government, for the most part. There's only so much time in a given day, and I dedicate it to leading a student group and taking a leadership role in my campus job.
2:57, I think you totally should give it a shot.
Part of the reason I don't take on more leadership roles is because of what 2:57 mentions- there are daily time constraints, campaigns take time. Leaders have more power but as Spiderman's grandma famously put it, "with great power comes great responsibility." For me, more responsibility should only be taken on when one's academic workload allows room for it.
The other reason is because I am a racial minority at Vassar. I don't feel I am too representative nor fit in too well with Vassar's racial and socioeconomic demographic and that I may suffer in an election for it.
6:36 here..
i meant 1:08 oops :)
I absolutely feel qualified for a leadership position. I simply choose different avenues of leadership than the ones offered by student government, for the most part. There's only so much time in a given day, and I dedicate it to leading a student group and taking a leadership role in my campus job. 2:57, I think you totally should give it a shot.
6:36 here.. i meant 1:08 oops :)
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