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Wednesday, September 12, 2007 12:00 AM

Women are the new men on TV

Broads are the cops and lawyers and masters of the business universe on the new shows. So what happened to the men?
By Rebecca Traister

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  • Wednesday, September 12, 2007 09:21 AM

    Oh, that's easy...

    >One does wonder, though, doesn't one, why the ladies didn't like this ostensibly fabulous life you describe, and decided to fight for the right to have that 70-hour/week job.

    Any thoughts on this?<

    Shoot, watch any episode of MAD MEN over on AMC. That show tells you everything you need to know as to why feminism came about (among other things...). And it reveals the kind of world brightstar and his ilk bitterly resent losing--one where (white) men called most of the shots, and everyone else had to distort who they were just to survive.

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