STEAD: Women in economics still confronted with old stereotypes
Cynthia Stead “You’ve come a long way baby…to get where you got to today…” Anyone over 50 can hear the jingle. It was a marketing tune for a cigarette targeted at women called Virginia Slims during one of the last waves of feminism. Its message was "You can smoke your own special cigarette and be just as stupid as men!" But it resonated because women really were beginning to prove themselves as humans capable of difficult and valuable work instead of great organizers of birthday and retirement parties. So at an International Women’s Day event, It was disappointing to hear Janet Ye...
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