Does anyone remember

[james_davis_nicoll]

The Doonesbury strip where Nicole reports on men the way the news reports on women? What was the date that ran?

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Does anyone remember

[quotetheunquote.livejournal.com]

Oh, yes. A classic:

"Mr Taylor, the husband of Mrs. Charles Taylor, and still a svelte 30-32-30, turned more than one head with his sheer, skin-tight socks..."

Ran Sunday, April 23, 1972.

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[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

And here it is!

http://assets.amuniversal.com/f63cbdf0acb5012d63f600163e41dd5b

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[tx-cronopio.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! Although I'm a little depressed that we're 40+ years on and nothing has really changed...

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[(Anonymous)]

Things have changed a great deal. I wouldn't move back then, if it was possible — I'd be suffocated.

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[quotetheunquote.livejournal.com]

Oh, I don't know ... things may have gotten worse...

The sexism is probably not as pervasive (nor accepted) as it was in the '70's but its expression may be more extreme; and there certainly are more and quicker ways of disseminating it.

I remember particularly the appalling treatment of one of our Federal Members of Parliment, Belinda Stronach (by no means a person I had a great deal of regard for) back in her time in the House. Lots of attention was paid to her looks ... to which I said (to myself ... who else would pay attention?) '*sigh*, when is this society ever going to GROW UP?'

Then, when she crossed the floor (i.e. switched political parties), this crowd really went to town. One particularly odious commentator - who, I greatly regret to say, is a relative of mine - wrote a long opinion piece in which she was cast as "Belinda Streetwalker."

Hmmm... I know this fellow to be a devout conservative, in all senses of the word; but I doubt very much that, had he been around in the early 1900's, he would have written such a piece about his hero Winston "Two-time Floozy" Churchill.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossing_the_floor

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[pauldormer.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I remember a cartoon in Punch with the same idea, and even the same punchline (no pun intended) some time in the seventies. I suspect the Doonesbury strip is earlier.

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[james-nicoll.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[daveon.livejournal.com]

There's a series of these that you might like too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE3r_CgScms

[awesomeaud.livejournal.com]

That reminds me of a New Yorker comic I saw recently (maybe someone here pointed me to it...?) Anyway...

Several men and one woman are in a business meeting, and the boss is saying "That's an excellent suggestion Miss Tilden. Perhaps one of the men would like to make it."

[daveon.livejournal.com]

They did a series of them with a surgeon, a taxi driver and so on.

[mcbadger.livejournal.com]

That one's Punch, not the New Yorker; Martin Wisse posted it here

[awesomeaud.livejournal.com]

Thanks. :)