Dave Butler wrote:

Dudley Henriques wrote:
"Dave Butler" wrote in message
Sorry I apparently hit your anti-Clinton reflex. The point is, no
matter the level of accomplishment, women are judged largely by their
appearance.


You've got to be kidding! That's not true at all in the professional
world. It's just true for the Hollywood set. I can think of many women,
tops in their fields of science, medicine, electronics, aerospace..you
name it, who I can guarantee did not reach their pinnacles with their
looks.
I know one woman in particular, a friend of mine; a Navy Commander
flying F18's who would be right at home on the cover of Playboy however.
If I suggested to her what you have said here, I'm sure she would laugh
like hell!

Nope. Not kidding. Do you suppose a discussion about, say, Sean D. Tucker would
have evoked a comment about hair color?

Not in a discussion primarily among men. But to use a comment about
hair color to support a claim that "women are judged largely by their
appearance" is quite a leap. Look at the substantive comments about
Ms. Wagstaff in this thread. Comments by guys pretending that they are
in a high school locker room are pretty clearly said in a light vein
(at least that is how I read them) not as a judgment of Wagstaff.

(P.S., I liked the brown hair better, too, but that is in no way a
judgment about her as a pilot or as a person!)
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