The very act of accepting her position at Mademoiselle was an act of open defiance against Dick Norton, his entire family, and the gendered expectations of midcentury America.

Sylvia quotes Dick as telling her: "I am afraid the demands of wifehood and motherhood would preoccupy you too much to allow you to do the painting and writing you want." Dick was sharp enough to understand that the bright flame that drew him to Sylvia disqualified her from his future. He would not allow Sylvia- or any woman- to outshine him.

Your indignant behavior over the slightest perceived gender inequality makes it almost certain that inequality is what you masturbate to at night.

I like incidents of that sort, when forces that are usually so sneaky and hard to point out slither out of the grass and are as obvious as, say, an anaconda that's eaten a cow or an elephant turd on the carpet.

TRINA:
I'm tired of all the happy men who rule the world.
Their smile, their smile's their pedigree. They smile, but not for me.
I'd like the chance to hide
In their world.
I'm happy, but I'm not at ease with that whole world.

27 % de femmes à l'Assemblée, 25 % au Sénat. L'exécutif froufroutait un peu, ça faisait dynamique et moderne, intégrant et glamour. Fonction publique : 51,7 % de femmes, pour 20,3 % de postes de direction. 10 % de préfets, et 11 % d'ambassadeurs. Je vous présente ma femme, elle s'occupe des petits fours.