A thesis of sorts

[O'Callaghan]

Ron:

However, in the 1960's take a look at how many women were actually enrolled in medical school and law school. How many had MBA's and not be relegated to the role of secretary. How many women CEO's were there at the time?

The idea of systematically relegating female college graduates to the typing pool was something I saw in American films of the period, and which shocked me at the time, because it wouldn't have happened in England. Maybe the films were quite a bit older, because it took quite a long while for a US film to get to be on TV in England back then, but I don't think we ever did that. I'm sure we had our own barriers to equality, but AFAIK that was never one of them. Maybe someone older can prove me wrong? (Although I'm on the wrong side of 50)

[Phil]

It is fascinating how often this subject comes up although this time someone has worked a women's lib angle into the discussion. Underwear (or intimate apparel as it is coyly referred to in America) is a fairly recent innovation for women's clothing as it only appeared in the 19th century although men had worn underpants prior to this. As to going "regimental", while this seems to appeal to certain individuals, from a purely practical point of view the cost and inconvenience of frequent dry-cleaning in order to maintain an acceptable standard of hygiene would surely weigh heavily against it.