FoxTrot Classics by Bill Amend for February 23, 2011
February 22, 2011
February 24, 2011
Transcript:
Peter: You've calmed down since this morning. Jason: Wel, it's dawned on me that this must be a dream. Think about it- if I'd really metamorphosized into a miniature Paige, the X-Files division at the FBI would've sent Mulder and Scully to investigate by now. Peter: Keep in mind they only examine paranormal events suitable for a mainstream network television audience. Jason: Curse the infallible logic of my subconscious! Peter: I mean, there are mutants, and then there are mutants.
Man-hating actually isn’t as popular as it was a few decades ago. A few decades ago it was popular as a reaction to centuries/millenia of not-entirely-fair treatment of women (and occasional women-hating). Those women worked very hard to ensure that their daughters would have a more equal treatment in life than they did, and that their sons would have a fair appreciation of women’s abilities. A lot of the younger men and women/boys and girls I run into seem to have a better understanding of each other than their parents did, and neither man-hating nor women-hating are particular popular among that demographic (except perhaps in the cases of post-breakup anger, and also in the case of cooties).
At least that’s my theory; perhaps I’m generalizing too much. BTW I’m a woman in science, in a work environment with a fairly equal gender ratio, and I think the treatment I get in the workplace is very fair (including pay). (And everyone gets along very well, too.) So the situation is looking brighter than it once did.