About Cher Wang

Cher Wang is a very prominent figure in technology and when I was looking up powerful women in technology, I'm surprised I haven't heard of her. Wang founded HTC, which should sound familiar. HTC is a brand of smartphone that is very popular. HTC stands for high tech computers. Her company started in the 1980's making computers. However, HTC has grown with the times and their specialty is now smartphones. Wang was also voted one of Forbes Most Influential Women in Technology. Wang originally went to Berekley to study the piano, but then changed her mind and studied economics. When she first started, her laptops weren't successful. But she didn't give up, and in 2000 she got her first major break by working with Compaq to create a PDA. Ever since then, Wang's company has been evolving to fit the current time.

Women and the Occupy Movement

The article I chose to read was titled "We Are The Many, Not The Few". This article was about the Occupy Wall Street movement that happened at the end of last year and carried into this year. The article talked about the roles women played in the movement. According to one statistic, 44% of the people who participated in Occupy New York were female. This is almost half of the Occupy population. Women have been effected the most during the recession, many lost their jobs or were stuck staying home to take care of household duties because they couldn't find employment. During the recession, most of the job gains (97%) went to men.

The article also talks about feminist organizations who were involved with the Occupy movement. One of the most popular groups was called WOW, or Women Occupying Wall Street. These women were trying to bring equality and women's rights to the forefront of the movement. The believe that women do suffer the most, many struggling to provide for their children, pay their mortgages/rent on time, and even keep their jobs. They talked about the hardships they faced when trying to bring up their issues. Much of the problem was that when they held meetings, everyone had so much to say. People talked over one another and interrupted one another. So it was hard to get anything accomplished.

Sgt. Kevin Albanese and Trooper David Aresco Reaction

I was shocked to hear some of the stories Sgt. Albanese told our class about. It really opened my eyes to how important it is to watch what information you put on the internet because once it's put on the web, it's there forever and anyone can access it. The topic that affected me the most was when they were talking about child exploitation. It's so sad to think of an innocent child being used in that way. They have no voice and it's absolutely disgusting that someone would take advantage of a child. The story about the four month old still makes me cringe when I think about it. The people who do this should go to jail for a long time. I don't think the law is strict enough with this crime, these people deserve to be locked up for more than what the maximum sentence is currently. Having the officers come to visit brought to my attention that everything on the internet isn't always a good thing. A lot of bad people use the internet for disturbing things like child exploitation and luring children. When the officers talked about their unit, I believe they said they have 7 officers. I think they should put more officers into their unit so they can catch more internet predators and work on making the internet a safer place.