Mad Men & the Modern Man
So, Casey and I have gotten pretty swept up in Mad Men. Peggy and Joan are my favorite characters, and I love the commentary the show brings on the changing nature of females in the workplace throughout the sixties.
Sometimes, I look at the kind of shenanigans, sexual harassment, and disrespect that goes on in their workplace and think "my god, I'm so glad I don't live in the 60s, we've come so far."
And then I go into the TA office, which (aside from Ivy at the far end and the rare few times Katie stops in) is just a dozen men hanging out, and even though they're a good bunch, the comments and attitudes expressed there remind me that we haven't come far enough.
Sometimes, I look at the kind of shenanigans, sexual harassment, and disrespect that goes on in their workplace and think "my god, I'm so glad I don't live in the 60s, we've come so far."
And then I go into the TA office, which (aside from Ivy at the far end and the rare few times Katie stops in) is just a dozen men hanging out, and even though they're a good bunch, the comments and attitudes expressed there remind me that we haven't come far enough.