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Captainlarab, thank you for your service. If you want to talk about your experience, I am here to listen.
CindyLu, I just had an interesting realization. I don't know if it -is- women vs. women, a few clever careerists looking to add to their resumes, or various aspects of the media sniffing for fresh prey, but whis older versus younger women situation...when I was a young feminist, back in the day, I used to be happy that we weren't replicating the behavior of men, rebelling symbolically and sometimes not so symbolically, against their fathers.
Oedipus is a fascinating archetype, as is Electra, but they're not particularly helpful or kind; and both caused a -lot- of trouble.
Ooops, forgot. There was a time when feminism wasn't supposed to be "about" this type of competition (personal best, yes; grabbing other people's share of the pie, no) or hierarchy. At least, I think there was. But I am, as I am told, old and my memory is probably faltering. "I grow old...I grow old..." nope, too stupid to remember Prufrock OR Michelangelo, too.
As I told Mandos, who wasn't listening, it's karma. Us Boomers were so busy griping about the establishment that we didn't realize what we'd set ourselves up for. It's funny, in a sick way. But wishing people out of the race and off the planet because THEY WANT is counterproductive. If we're going to clean up the sequential messes that have been made, we're going to need all hands.
