Hillary Clinton has been charged by her critics with so many crimes, so many bad decisions and so many shady associations that after 40 years of intense investigations by hostile prosecutors, it’s a wonder she’s allowed to wear pants suits instead of sackcloth and ashes.  The lat

What is it going to take to convince voters that a woman can lead this nation?  I’ve heard  complaints about Hillary Clinton’s character, unfounded suspicions that have survived the scrutiny of a hostile Congress for the last 40 years.  I doubt many voters could undergo such sc

While having lunch with a former student the other day, I reminisced about my childhood.  Mine was far from ideal, being raised in Los Angeles in the 1940s and  subjected to racial prejudice because my mother was a Latina.  Nonetheless, as I approach the 80th decade of my life, I�

For proof positive that men and women don’t think alike, consider the way each buys underwear.  A woman would think twice before buying a bra over the internet unless she knows the product.  From cup size, to the underwire, to the straps that dig into your flesh, there are too man

When she accepted the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party,  Hillary Clinton admitted she had every intention of playing the woman’s card during the campaign. That’s code for saying women’s interests in health, safety and child development would be front and center i

Foreigners who try to learn our language will tell you the process is confusing because so many words can mean their opposite. To screen is  to look closely at an object or it can mean to hide it.  Peer suggests equality unless you are  referring to nobility which refers to great i

Last December,  Sequoia Capital chairman, Michael Morris told a reporters his tech venture capital firm would “never lower our standards”  to hire female partners. (“The Girl with the Gadget Tattoo,” by Erin Griffith, Fortune, June 15, 2016, pg. 68.)  Given that women are h

When I saw the picture flash across the news screen, I presumed it was an obituary. Happily, it was a birthday announcement for Olivia de Havilland — Melanie to those who adore the film, Gone with the Wind.  She’d turned 100th on July 1.   Naturally, there were pictures of

A recent edition of AARP magazine featured three Hollywood stars who are disrupting the perception that as women age, they become invisible.  Unlike the Brits who cherish older actresses like  Maggie Smith, Judy Dench and Helen Mirron, Americans are slow to embrace the notion of cha

I had an enjoyable lunch the other day with Jane Vogel, President of Age & Gender Equity in the Arts, (AGE) an organization dedicated to challenging stereotypes about aging and gender in the arts and theater in particular.  The group awarded $30,000 this year to organizations tha