By Riley Karbon, Field Intern
While we contemplate our current economy and working conditions in the United States, we realize that a lot of disparities affect women in a uniquely negative way. Here are a few brief examples. First, women in the United States are paid 77 cents for every man’s dollar, regardless of the fact that women now make up the majority of the work force. Revised data released last week from the Labor Department showed that during four months in 2009, women held more jobs than men, and their lead was greatest just in January at 50.3 percent. These numbers reflect the nation’s non-farm payroll jobs.
Second, under the Family and Medical Leave Act women (and men) are only given 12 weeks of parental leave and are not paid for their time out of the office. This also only applies to parents who have been employed for at least a year at companies with more than 50 employees, leaving many workers without any parental leave guarantee. In addition, few workers can afford to take off 12 weeks without a paycheck — as a national survey has found. Lastly, U.S. women do not have an Equal Rights Amendment which would bolster their workplace discrimination suits. Currently the U.S. Constitution does not have any language indicating that all its protected rights are guaranteed to all citizens regardless of sex (aside from the right to vote). An ERA would greatly improve the economic status of women in the workplace. In comparison, let’s look at the dramatically different situation for our sisters in Europe.
The European Union believes that equality between men and women is a fundamental right and shares this as a common value among member states. They’ve made enormous strides in the last decade to work toward gender equality by passing various treaty provisions and directives regarding access to employment, equal pay, maternity protection, parental leave, the burden of proof in discrimination cases and self-employment. Article 13 of the Treaty of Amsterdam gives the European community more authority to combat discrimination on account of sex, racial or ethnic origin, religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation. The EU knows the status of women in the workforce is still not where it should be, as they make 83 cents to men’s dollar, but the EU is making it a priority issue. Though not full equality, it is still six cents closer than in the U.S.
For more workplace specifics, let’s move to the member states. Under the French social security system, mothers are entitled to 16 weeks of paid maternity leave and up to 26 weeks for the birth of a third child. Germany offer mothers 14 weeks with full pay, Norway 42, and Sweden 96, of which 78 weeks are paid at 80 percent of the employee’s salary. Of course, those benefits are only given to those paying into the countries’ social security systems. More than 120 countries around the world offer some sort of nationally mandated paid leave; unfortunately, the U.S. is not a part of that group.
The U.S. must realize that the needs and rights of over half its work force cannot be denied, and great strides could be accomplished by following the European Union’s lead. National and international legislation exists to help combat gender discrimination in the workplace. As mentioned before, the ERA would enshrine women’s equality into the Constitution. Also, CEDAW (the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women), is an international women’s rights treaty with language in its articles mandating the end of sex-based workplace discrimination, among other provisions. It has been adopted by all industrialized countries except for the United States. CEDAW and the Equal Rights Amendment have been pending for many decades, and now is the time for Congress to take action. Ask your members of Congress to support ratification of CEDAW and renewed efforts to adopt the ERA to help end gender discrimination in the workplace. Read more about: Constitutional Equality CEDAW
Just last night, Jan. 23, 2015, Nitin Nohria, head of Harvard’s Business School was interviews by Charlie Rose. Nohria discussed in length the importance of women in the workforce, equal pay, equal opportunities in the US and around the world. He gave a marvelous example of one of the Nordic countries in Europe (I forget which one). There’s a mandate to have equal nos. of M/F board members in companies but they were having trouble finding females…until they did a thorough search. And there they were, of course proved to be exceptionally competent. If you haven’t seen this interview or haven’t researched Dr. Nhria’s philosophy, I would highly recommend it. He would be wonderful to partner with before Congress or any other position you deem fit. Thank You, Cammie Lapenas, Baton Rouge, LA.
The beneficial impact of therapeutic phlebotomy on medical outcomes
in polycythemia vera patients (53) mustn’t directly be assumed
to carry true in this group of patients due to the variations in pathophysiology.
The stimulatory effect on erythropoiesis is dose-dependent – a minimal of past 300
mg testosterone enanthate weekly – and is more pronounced in older males (42).
It takes a number of months of testosterone therapy before hematocrit stabilizes, with one (uncontrolled)
trial reporting a steady enhance in hematocrit as a lot as 12
months in older men receiving testosterone (43). Treating
healthy young males with the 5α-reductase inhibitors finasteride and dutasteride for one 12 months had no effect on hemoglobin ranges (44).
Likewise, dutasteride had no effect on hemoglobin ranges
compared with placebo when used along side graded doses of testosterone enanthate as a lot as 600 mg weekly (23).
However, in 2004, Congress passed amendments to the Managed Substance Act making the sale of dietary supplements like tetrahydrogestrinone (THG)
and androstenedione (street name Andro) unlawful.
The outcomes are extra lean mass, higher strength, and libido
by way of the roof. Technically, testosterone is a steroid as
it is formed from cholesterol and incorporates a sterol
carbon ring (testoSTERONE – choleSTEROL. As Soon As LH gets to your gonads,
it tells them to dump more T into the bloodstream as ranges are getting low.
And then to cease concentrations getting too excessive (remember, the conventional higher restrict is 1,000
ng.dL), the hypothalamus slows down the release of GnRH and due to this fact
the gonads cease making as a lot.
Sustanon is plain testosterone, so that you get all the benefits of that hormone as you’ll with a single-ester product.
This means muscle growth, sustaining lean muscle and increased Dense Strength with Anavar, and mental benefits like
enhanced readability and focus. Sustanon 250 promotes protein synthesis and nitrogen retention, growing Insulin-Like Development Factor-1 to spice
up anabolism whereas decreasing destructive stress hormones.
One of the primary steroid stacking methods is to stack a short-acting and long-acting steroid or to
combine oral and injectable steroids in a stack. Stacking steroids comes
with larger potential results but also with elevated dangers, and these additionally must be considered.
As for results, each oral and injectable steroids are greater than capable of
delivering highly effective anabolic effects18.
Finally, your results will come down not to the administration kind of your steroids however to how you use
them, how you plan your cycles, and how optimum your food plan and coaching are!
This AAS just isn’t favored in medical practice because of its poor anabolic effects, but athletes
abuse it for its androgenic nature and lack of peripheral aromatization. Methyltestosterone is a really primary
anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS), with the one addition being a methyl group at C-17.
This eliminates first-pass degradation in the liver, making oral
dosing attainable.
Some athletes, bodybuilders and others misuse
these drugs in an attempt to reinforce performance and/or
improve their physical look. Anabolic steroids are the commonest appearance- and performance-enhancing medication (APEDs).
Approximately 3 to 4 million people in the Usa use anabolic steroids for
nonmedical purposes. Anadrol can significantly suppress testosterone levels, necessitating post-cycle remedy to reestablish normal testosterone function.
The dosage can be elevated gradually over the next few days, by 25mcg daily, until you reach your
desired maximum of 75mcg per day – 100mcg hardly ever recommended.
Bodybuilders make use of the compound Drostanolone
as a strong cutting steroid, particularly these
folks concerned in competitions the place it is rather in style in preparation cycles.
This is another DHT-derived steroid, but unlike Proviron,
Masteron is injectable.
Another common mode of anabolic steroid misuse is referred to
as “pyramiding”, which generally includes taking anabolic steroid in a cycle of six
to 12 weeks, tapering progressively rather than starting and ending a cycle abruptly.
At the start of a cycle, the person begins
with low doses of the anabolic steroid being stacked and
then slowly will increase the doses. In the second half
of the cycle, the doses are slowly decreased to zero. This is usually adopted by a second cycle
during which the particular person continues to train however with out anabolic steroid.
Steroid customers consider that pyramiding permits the physique time to adjust
to the excessive doses, and the drug-free cycle permits the body’s hormonal system
time to recuperate 74. Withdrawal from anabolic steroids happens when an individual develops
dependence.
Deca-Durabolin is essentially the most well-known brand
of Nandrolone Decanoate and is utilized by intramuscular injection. Deca has comparatively weak androgenic effects but very strong anabolic effects, which supplies it a reduced risk of unwanted
effects compared with another steroids. There are over 20 identified esters of testosterone, but
you’ll solely come across a small variety of these being
available to be used. Most of those artificial
derivatives of testosterone have been developed for medical use to deal with situations like low or
no testosterone in men. These compounds can significantly enhance testosterone ranges, making them engaging to us for bodybuilding.
When occurring a testosterone cycle, you get to quickly learn how
your physique, efficiency, and outcomes change because of boosting your
testosterone ranges to previously unseen ones.