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Seriously, Gloria Steinem should have been awarded the Nobel Peace prize for not throttling Lawrence Spivak on live TV.
The sad thing is, while the women's movement has accomplished a great deal, women still earn less than men, are still (for the most part) the primary caregivers (of both their children and their parents), and are actually unhappier than they were in the early 1970s.
You've come a medium way, baby.
[Btw, the following video contains clips of the old "You've come a long way, baby" campaign for Virginia Slims cigarettes. Scary.]
UPDATED 10/20/09: Apparently women can have it all -- if they are fictional. Great article on MSNBC about how TV misrepresents real working women. Yup.
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"Ladies and gentleman, due to illness, the part of Archie Bunker will be played tonight by Lawrence Spivak."
Larry should look for a job at Fox News.
Geez-how utterly condescending and Bravo to Ms. S for not breaking out in laughter and talking to him 'seriously'.
BTW-I met Gloria once, she is the only 'star' I came unglued for...
The ad reminds me of Steve Martin's comment on Virginia Slims: "It's a 'women's cigarette.' What, do they have breasts on them or something?"
@Dave S., If they did, men would have abandoned Marlboro in droves.
@Anonymous #1, LMAO
@Anonymous #2, Spivak died in 1994. I believe his wife dealt the mortal blow with a cast-iron skillet.
So...
Where is the women's movement on the whole Sarah Palin thing? It's okay to totally bash women (and news organizations) if they are conservative?
Therein lies much of the problem. NOW is not about all women just as the AARP is not for all retired people. They have become political organizations with political agendas.
@Anonymous #3: I don't recall Sarah Palin being bashed because of her gender. It was because of her political views.
So let me get this straight...
When a woman becomes a governor and is constantly portayed as someone with no experience, women's groups shouldn't speak out against that. Perhaps you can find video of Geraldine Ferraro being portrayed as too inexperienced. I would love to hear how NOW reacted. And if I recall she never was the leader of a state.
Also, isn't generally accepted that a governor has more leadership experience than a senator. Count the number of govenors who became president vs. the number of senators.
Remember, politics aside, don't you think Sarah is treated unfairly. Am I the only one who will stand up for a woman here? Or shall we just laugh at the same jokes Letterman makes night after night.
I agree w/ Anonymous...Palin was labled pretty quickly as "MILF" and later "GILF". I was never 100% thrilled w/ her as McCain's choice, but her looks, parenting skills, etc. were fair game to the media. If McCain's choice had been a man, none of that would have mattered.
Spivak was an ass. Ms. S carried herself incredibly well. I'm sure we all wanted her to tell him to go f&*# himself. But if she had, she would have been labeled "hysterical".
As for Fox news...I'll let you in on a little secret...you can watch it and still breathe through your nose.
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