Reply #44: considerable and depressing

[pitohui]

as a woman of a certain age whose gifts are technical rather than people oriented, i have experienced enormous financial and employment hardship, harassment, discrimination on top of the violence that was just plain routine was i was young

of course when i first started working sexual harassment was not even illegal, but even w. today's rules i don't see tons of women in my field and i'm not impressed that much has changed

all i have to do is look at the senate or at the names of ceos to see that nothing has changed unless you're a wealthy, well-connected woman, the opportunity to rise by merit and talent alone is not a reality for most women

violence aga. women is no longer as accepted as it was, which is a real change from my youth, but we still have a long way to go