Glass Ceiling: Sexualization of Women

“Do” Reflection

by Dakota

In the “Do” stage, my group and I scheduled a fieldwork with a non-profit organization called Dress For Success. This organization helped women get/prepare them for jobs by giving them interview clothes and prepping them for the interview. Then if the women got the job, Dress For Success gave them a week’s worth of work…

by Jaquelin Adler

Throughout this social justice project we hoped that people would understand the discrimination of women in the workforce. We hoped that we would show the younger kids in our school that we can make a difference in the world, and that anyone can. People need to learn about this problem and to fix this! We…

by Theodora Dotson

In the imagine stage, my group and I read the book Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg, the former CFO of Google, and the current CFO of Facebook. The book was really interesting for us because it outlined strategies and ways that women could encourage each other to stand up for themselves and what kind of…

by Theodora Dotson

We interviewed Nigel Barker, an ex model, judge on America’s Next Top Model, and a spokesperson for the UN organization, He for She. Nigel grew up in England, where he was raised in the world of fashion. His mother was a supermodel from Sri Lanka, and both she and his grandmother instilled a strong belief…

by Dakota

On February 18, my group (consisting of Bay, Skyler, Jaquie, and myself) interviewed Nigel Barker. Nigel is a former model and a photographer, and a spokesperson for HeForShe and Girl Up. Both these organizations are part of the UN. The goal of HeForShe is to encourage men to stand up and be a voice for…

by Dakota

On February 1, my group and I went to Zara Terez, located in midtown, to interview their president, Allison Grover. Allison isn’t only the president of Zara Terez, but also a parent of some kids at LREI. She has been the president of Zara Terez for about a year, and before that she worked at Goldman…

by Jaquelin Adler

My group went to interview Noa Meyer who works with 10,000 located in Goldman Sachs. 10,000 women is an organization that helps women in different countries start their own small business. When we first met Noa she showed us a video about 10,000 women and what they do, there was one women that produced her…

by Jaquelin Adler

My group and I decided to interview Nigel Barker who works for He for She and Girl up. He for She is an organization that stands up for gender equality. Girl up engages girls to stand up for girls, standing up for each other and changing the world. The reason why Barker started to work for Girl…

by Jaquelin Adler

On February 1st we met with Allison Grover at Zara Terez. Allison is parent at the LREI community as well. She is also the president of Zara Terez and has only been working there for a year or so. Zara Terez is a legging company, but they do sell shirt/sweatshirts as well. They have many…

by Jaquelin Adler

My group and I wanted to talk to other type of women in the workforce, so we contacted Michelle Kaminsky, a parent at Little Red, but also a district attorney in Brooklyn. Kaminsky works in the area of domestic violence and has been working there for 5 years now. She started working in a different…

by Theodora Dotson

Last Friday we had an interview with Lisa Busillo, an anesthesiologist and a mother of three, at the co

by Theodora Dotson

We interviewed Tanya Wexler, a director and mother of four children. Tanya started out as a child actor with her sister, and grew up acting throughout high school. When she was in college, she had to make a short video clip with a sample of her acting in order to start getting professional roles. When…

by Theodora Dotson

We interviewed Wen Zhou, the cofounder, president, and CEO of 3.1 Phillip Lim. Wen was born in China, and moved with her parents to New York as a teenager. Wen lived on the Lower East Side and attended Brooklyn Tech High School. Wen spoke only mandarin, but where her parents worked in Chinatown, people only…

by Dakota

On January 21, my group went to the District Attorney’s office in Brooklyn to interview Michelle Kaminsky, a District Attorney’s assistant. While there, we asked her about how it was like to be a district attorney’s assistant, especially as a female. We left school around 12:45, took the F train to Jay St in Brooklyn,…

by Jaquelin Adler

My group and I wanted to go out further to interview different women and their occupations. We reached out to Tanya Wexler who is a female director who has produced 2 independent movies. Tanya was very smart and went through Yale and studied psychology. When she grew up she went out to LA and started to…

by Skyler

On Thursday, January 21st (2016) my group and I interviewed a female Assistant District Attorney. She also happens to be the Chief of the Domestic Violence department. Kaminsky’s answers were much different from other women that we interviewed. She told us that she hasn’t faced gender-based discrimination in school or in her career. She told…

by Skyler

On Wednesday, January 20th (2016) my group and I interviewed a female Indie film director. We talked to Tanya about a lot of statistics. Like how only 9% of directors in the U.S. are women. This fact really surprised us. Tanya’s most well-known independent film that she directed was Hysteria. Tanya came out of college…

by Skyler

On Wednesday, January 20th (2016) my group and I went to the 3.1 Philip Lim office to interview (one of) the founder(s)/CEO/president of the designer company. Wen Zhou told us her incredible and inspiring story of how she got where she is today. Wen came to America, from China, when she was around 13 years…

by Skyler

On Friday, January 15th (2016) my group and I interviewed Lisa Busillo at The Coffee Bean, across the street from our school. I was sick this day so I called in to the interview. Mrs. Busillo is an anesthesiologist. An anesthesiologist is a type of doctor, they have to figure out how much anesthesia to…

by Dakota

On January 20, my social justice group interviewed Tanya Wexler, who is a film director. We met at the front of the school and then walked over to the Coffee Bean together. When we got there, Tanya told us about her background, she was a child actor but went to Yale to study psychology. She got…

by Dakota

On January 15, we met with Lisa Busillo, who is an anesthesiologist. We met at the Coffee Bean on Bleecker and sat down with some hot chocolate (she had tea). Lisa’s job is to put people to sleep during surgery and wake them up afterwards. She explained to us that waking people up and putting them to…

by Jaquelin Adler

My group and I interviewed Wen Zhou CEO and founder of 3.1 Phillip Lim. Our group is trying to interview a verity of women in a high position in the workplace. Wen had a lot to say about her position and how she got to be a CEO of a top clothing company. She moved…

by Jaquelin Adler

Lisa Busillo is an anesthesiologist, someone who puts someone to sleep during surgery, and has been working as one for 20 years. My group members and I wants to talk to different women in the workforce that has a job that is stereotyped as a mans job. We met Lisa at the Coffee Bean on…

by Skyler

On December 18th, 2015 we went to one of the buildings that holds the organization Dress for Success (32 east 31st street). Dress for Success is an organization that provides interview and job clothes for women who can’t afford to buy very fancy clothes. It is hard to get jobs without professional looking outfits. They…

by Dakota

On 12/19, my social justice group went to help out at an organization called Dress For Success. They are a non-profit organization and located in the midtown area and they give clothes to women who need them for work. They are located in an office space so they are available by referral only. If women…

by Theodora Dotson

On December 18th, my group and I met outside of school and rode the subway to the Manhattan branch of dress for success on 31st street. When we entered we were greeted by Beverley Brown, the branch manager. Beverley briefly explained the mission of the organization and its history. Dress for Success is a nonprofit…

by Jaquelin Adler

My group visited dress for success on the Saturday we got off from break. We took the B train down to 34th street and walked over to the building. We went up stairs and met this very kind lady named Beverly. She is the one who introduced us to everyone who worked there and gave…

by Theodora Dotson

Ruth Porat is the current CFO of Alphabet, aka Google. Ms. Porat is also a 57 year old mother of three. She grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts and later moved to Palo Alto. She graduated from Stanford university. She got a master’s in science, and her MBA, and went on to become the CFO,…

by Skyler

On Monday, November 23 our group got to interview someone I know very well, my mom Susie Scher. Not only is Susie my mom but she is also the Managing Director and Head of Investment Grade Capital Markets at Goldman Sachs. This basically means that she advises big companies on how to raise money in the…

by Dakota

On November 23, we met with Susan Scher, who is an advisor for Goldman Sachs. She explained to us about how she advised them about raising money and managing risks. While on the visit, I think my group learned a lot of things, some of them being that in the late 80s, there were almost…

by Theodora Dotson

Today our group went to an interview at Goldman Sachs with Susie Scher, a managing director and senior partner at the company. Susie has been working at the company for about 25 years, and in our interview she described what it was like to climb the corporate ladder in a male dominated industry. She told…

by Theodora Dotson

On November 16th we joined the other women’s social justice group on a visit to the Paley center for media. The center holds a collection of all types of media, from the 1920’s to present day. The collection includes radio, television, movies, the Internet, and social media. We attended a workshop while we were there…

by Theodora Dotson

During lunch and recess, Dakota, Jaquie, skyler and I watched a film called Missrepresentation. It was created by a woman who had been anorexic as a teen, and went on to become an actress in Hollywood. The documentary wove in a narration of her life story mixed with clips of films and news. I thought…

by Dakota

Both of the women’s groups went to the Paley Center for Media, which is located by Rockefeller Center. We went to attend a class about how women are portrayed in the media, as well to discuss some of the things we witnessed in the clips we were shown. When we got there, we met with…

by Dakota

My group watched a movie called Miss Representation about how women are portrayed in the media. This movie talked about how celebrities and other women are treated by the media and everyone else. Somethings I learned from this movie is that because of the media and the internet, media violence makes violent behavior more prominent.…

by Jaquelin Adler

My group watched a movie called Miss Representation which is about how women are portrayed in the media. Miss Representation is a documentary which shows how celebrities and people in the news and how they are treated by others, by the media. This helped my group and I learn about how others in the world…

by Skyler

The two women’s groups went to The Paley Center for Media in Rockefeller center. We took the D train up to 47th street and walked to our 52nd street destination at the Paley Center. Once we got there a very nice lady named Caroline took us to a small room with a projector. We were…

by Skyler

My group and I took some lunch periods to watch a movie called “Miss Representation.” This movie is kind of like a documentary. In it, many women that we see on the news and weather forecasts and on regular television spoke in the movie about how women are portrayed in the media. I really learned…

by Clair

We are a group of eighth graders who care about women in the workplace. Why are so few women in positions of leadership in the Fortune 500? Why are women still paid less than men for the same work? We want to learn more about why this issue affects women and how women of different…

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