The Gender Equality Checkpoint

[glatt]

Originally Posted by BigV

How can we tell if this isn't happening still?

It is absolutely happening still. I work in a patent litigation law firm and my livelihood depends on it.

But you have to admit that communication today is faster, so you're not going to have decades go by where news of groundbreaking technology advances isn't shared.

[xoxoxoBruce]

That's life, you slay the dragon or something and feel like a hero, then suddenly a chick shoots you down.

Originally Posted by glatt

It is absolutely happening still. I work in a patent litigation law firm and my livelihood depends on it.

But you have to admit that communication today is faster, so you're not going to have decades go by where news of groundbreaking technology advances isn't shared.

Now if you do something neat, there's always somebody close by figuring out how to capitalize on it.
Shakers didn't communicate with the outside much. In her mid-teens my grandmother lived with(was used by) a Shaker family.

[Lamplighter]

@Dana: The author of this article was on a tv show this morning.
She finished off her interview with this quote...
As Jenji Kohan, creator of “Orange Is the New Black,” told me:

“Talent with all sorts of genitalia’’ can make money

So l went looking for her entire article... it's long but good.

The Women of Hollywood Speak Out
NY Times - MAUREEN DOWD - NOV. 20, 2015

Female executives and filmmakers are ready to run studios
 and direct blockbuster pictures.
What will it take to dismantle the pervasive sexism that keeps them from doing it?

@Glatt: Yes, I know ... I cherry-picked the quote.

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[glatt]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

@Glatt: Yes, I know ... I cherry-picked the quote.

ok