Letters to the Editor
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Popular culture matters
As a devotee of old movies, I can say I agree with the movie reviewer's take on the Hillary vs chick flicks.
By watching movies from the late 1920s to the mid 1930s you can see that women were free and glamarous and sexy and had careers. Once the Code was put into effect things began to change and women lost power--and those who were empowered had to die or be punished at the end.
Now films are full of ditzy blondes, just like TV newsrooms, in search of "meaninful relationships."
In a way, you could say that many women are voting for Obama in search of that elusive "meaninful relationship" with a man.
On the other hand, many women feel threatened by powerful women, because they feel they have to live up to that ideal and if they can't it's because "there's something wrong with them."
The U.S. is so behind the times on this. Even Latin American--the land of machismo, has two popularly elected female presidents.
Go figure.