A woman's work is never done...

isn't a well known saying for nothing. Women have done "labor" freely with nothing less than all their own blood, sweat and rivers of tears for milennia upon milennia. The one activity solely trusted to women is birthing humanity, literally. Of course, it is everyone's job to birth humanity spiritually, emotionally and responsibly as activated and inspired earth stewards, especially as we head toward the galactic equinox when the very core of our cells will align with the cosmic core of our little nook of the multiverse...but when it comes to the actual giving birth part, the fact that we have always borne humanity, women are taken for granted on a vast scale on many levels in society. A cultural 'litmus test' can accurately assess quality of life in a country by how it treats its women. 

Enter corporate megamodel giant; Walmart. Moving markets with every product acquisition and providing the widest aisle shopping experience the world can fathom. Shopping there requires the ability to wield a mini-semi for a shopping cart (without hitting others attempting the same activity or those roaming cartless). Walmart sets corporate standards and precedent by virtue of its size and global presence as a capitalist juggernaut. Walmart matters in so many ways and right now, it matters for women doing "equal" work for equal pay because Walmart hasn't been paying or promoting women equitably and the Supreme Court is questioning whether class actions suits like the one mounting now can even continue to be filed against large companies like this with worldwide reach.

Taking care of women and especially women with children, benefits more of society than directly helping any other demographic in the world. It empowers communities, villages and cities everywhere and should be vindicated and eliminated as a problem accepted as common. Less than 1% of women hold executive positions in top level energy companies. Why? In large part, it is because companies know that in patriarchal societies where women get little respect or rights, a woman executive would be counterproductive to the short-term profit necessitated by the hollow bottom line that disregards social responsibility.

The ultimate treasured experience in work communities is discovered through respectful relationships, conscious collaboration and a supporting atmosphere that allows everyone's gifts to be shared. Inherently discrediting, devaluing and undercutting the contributions of any particular group is counterintuitive to whole system functionality, especially when that group is more than half the world population.

Walmart, please be a leader in conscious evolution of business retooling your bottom line to be an ethical reflection of your relationship with the world of products you sell. Be a true corporate leader and shine in the role you play as "top" retail store on our lovely precious planet earth.

Read what inspired me to write this post from truthout.org.