women's issues

I’m a little slow on trends that don’t involve ancient grains, bitter greens and multi-use flip flops. I’ve only just started watching Mad Men.

While the slick hair, dark suits and incessant cocktails allure me to watch four episodes in a row, the intoxicating, yet infuriating, masculinity reminds me of how far working women have come. (Although it still takes women SIXTEEN MONTHS to make what men earn in ONE YEAR. YES, THAT’S FOUR EXTRA MONTHS. And yes, this applies to women and men right out of college in the same field. BULLSHIT.)

Anyway, the 2009 office treats women much more professionally. And women’s status in general has greatly improved. And then I saw this bullshit: