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She did it!

Women are gradually taking over the workplace. The economic empowerment of women across the rich world is one of the most remarkable revolutions of the past 50 years but dealing with its social conse- quences will be one of the great challenges of the next 50. So says The Economist of Jan.2, 2010 in its cover story What happens when women are over half the workforce, including the wrong assignment of Rosie the Riveter (see the rollover image).

But - and you knew there would be a "but" - the main reason I’m bringing forward this issue of The Economist is not the sociology of womenomics, it is a very good story on the behalf of the women insisting on being judged by the same standards as men. Yes, and biting them by the same standards. Now the story:

Margaret Thatcher made no secret of her contempt for the wimpish men around her. There is a joke about her going out to dinner with her cabinet.

"Steak or fish?" asks the waiter.

"Steak, of course", she replies.

"And for the vegetables?"

"They’ll have steak as well."

J. Howard Miller's

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