When a young woman graduates from college and starts looking for
a job, she is likely to have a frustrating and even demeaning
experience ahead of her. If she walks into an office for an
interview, the first question she will be asked is, "Do you
type?" There is a calculated system of prejudice that lies
unspoken behind that question. Why is it acceptable for women to
be secretaries, librarians, and teachers, but totally
unacceptable for them to be managers, administrators, doctors,
lawyers, and Members of Congress? The unspoken assumption is
that women are different: They do not have executive ability,
orderly minds, stability, leadership skills, and they are too
emotional. A women who aspires to be the chairman of the board
or a member of the House does so for exactly the same reason as
any man: ....She thinks she can do the job and she wants to try.
It has been observed before that society, for a long time,
discriminated against another minority, the blacks, on the same
basis--that they were different and