Sounds like your house had a "box seat" to the derbies. What a very cool surprise. As for the female competitors--the wheels of progress turn slower than a box cart's, and perhaps a little too slow for our generation, but the young women today, if they really work hard at it, have a good chance to race with the big boys. Unfortunately, sometimes the perception of "progress" for women, as with other oppressed groups, is a little brighter than the reality but still, that glass ceiling is showing lots of cracks...I just hope when the women take over, they're the Right Kind of women--because some of the more financially successful ones today are just as hard-hearted as their businessmen counterparts.
All true, but sadly it won't be righted in our lifetime. Maybe in my great-grandchildren's time. I would love to see it through nonetheless. Awesome ...
Sounds like your house had a "box seat" to the derbies. What a very cool surprise. As for the female competitors--the wheels of progress turn slower than a box cart's, and perhaps a little too slow for our generation, but the young women today, if they really work hard at it, have a good chance to race with the big boys. Unfortunately, sometimes the perception of "progress" for women, as with other oppressed groups, is a little brighter than the reality but still, that glass ceiling is showing lots of cracks...I just hope when the women take over, they're the Right Kind of women--because some of the more financially successful ones today are just as hard-hearted as their businessmen counterparts.
All true, but sadly it won't be righted in our lifetime. Maybe in my great-grandchildren's time. I would love to see it through nonetheless. Awesome ...