GIRLS IN THE HOOD In Barbra Streisiand’s speech at the 1992 Crystal Awards, she expresses discontent with the negative “way women are viewed in a male dominated society”. She has a strong dislike for the fact that women and men are respected and admired for reasons that are so alike and defined degradingly different. I understand her anger and I think she is handeling it in the most effective manner possible. She is at the …showed first 75 words of 706 total…

…showed last 75 words of 706 total…a picture of the sad, nonprogressive state of our country. “We are a remarkable breed”, strong and committed to change. It is not enough to change the measure of the yard stick, if the new stick is not equal. I applaud her honesty and her determination to support women’s achievements . She is calling us to action and our instinct to be leaders-she is challenging us to stand up for each other at all cost.