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Sometimes ambition in a woman is considered to be a dirty word, unfortunately. >> yes hear a lot of female voices reverberating in the halls of power in this business. >> i'm surprised there aren't more shows about women talking about who they are. >> directing seems to be an area that is almost impossible to break through. >> i think the '80s were the era when women were being looked at with a little skepticism, but definitely with more acceptability. you could see the door opening. but it wasn't wide open. >> "cagney and lacey" was huge. that there would be two women and they had a serious j...

Voices reverberating in the halls of power in this business. >> i'm surprised there aren't more shows about women talking about who they are. >> directing seems to be an area that is almost impossible to break through. >> i think the '80s were the era when women were being looked at with a little skepticism, but definitely with more acceptability. you could see the door opening. but it wasn't wide open. >> "cagney and lacey" was huge. that there would be two women and they had a serious job and they solved crimes and they were out on the streets, they were tough. that was emblematic or maybe o...

Sometimes ambition in a woman is considered to be a dirty word, unfortunately. >> yes hear a lot of female voices reverberating in the halls of power in this business. >> i'm surprised there aren't more shows about women talking about who they are. >> directing seems to be an area that is almost impossible to break through. >> i think the '80s were the era when women were being looked at with a little skepticism, but definitely with more acceptability. you could see the door opening. but it wasn't wide open. >> "cagney and lacey" was huge. that there would be two women and they had a serious j...

Acceptability of homosexuality. >> children who need to be taught to respect traditional moral values are being taught that they have an inalienable right to be gay. >> one of the most vicious of smears back then wants to suggest that gay people, gay men in particular, might be pedophiles, might be interested in not just same-sex relationships, but in preying on innocent children. a lot of people believe this, i'm sorry to say. i grew up back then, 25, 30 years ago in a country rife with homophobia. i grew up in, and remain a practicing member of a conservative faith community, which like so m...

1990s, in the uk. as in the u.s., it was a time rife with homophobia, with anti gay smears, slurs, and basically persecution. in the uk, we had a law called section 28, passed by margaret thatcher, banning local council from promoting homosexuality, or quote, the teaching of any acceptability of homosexuality. >> children who need to be taught to respect traditional moral values are being taught that they have an inalienable right to be gay. >> one of the most vicious of smears back then was to suggest that gay people, gay men in particular, might be pedophiles, might be interested in not just...