Open-Closed Mind

So I saw in a newspaper today that Hilary Clinton was running for President in the United States and I remembered a conversation I had with someone a couple of weeks ago. We were talking about how the way people thought changed over time and prejudices about race and women changed. When you think about it, really it hasn't changed much. Think about politicians. How many are women? When David Emerson switched from the Liberal Party to the Conservatives after the Conservatives won the election, sure they called him a traitor and all but they didn't say he was "whoring" himself in the parliament the way the did when Belinda Stronach switched from the Conservatives to the Liberals. The Premier of Alberta commented that "Belinda Stronach never had a Conservative bone in her body except for one, if you know what I mean" referring to her ex-boyfriend that was also in the Conservative Party. I mean, alot of male Politicians have been involved in scandals, but the media just doesn't seem to judge them unfairly the way they judge women. Even in wages for common people. For every dollar a man makes, a woman makes sixty-seven cents. If a man isn't married by thirty-sixish or so and he has a great career, he's an eligable bachelor. If a woman was in the same situation, people tend to look at her as if she has some sort of problem for wanting to establish a career before having a family. Even my parents comment that "a girl shouldn't be this messy" or "even boys clean up more than you do".

Are we really open-minded? I somehow don't think so.