tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2882121064858276328.post7775853502887764626..comments2024-03-28T08:33:26.268-05:00Comments on Adverganza: Adverganza's Monday morning picks, 01.28.08Catharine P. Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14125774155585963079noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2882121064858276328.post-83659485723669097882008-01-28T09:58:00.000-05:002008-01-28T09:58:00.000-05:00Boys' Clubs.In the 25 centuries or so since Aristo...Boys' Clubs.<BR/>In the 25 centuries or so since Aristotle and Plato, men reigned in every realm of "business" in Western Civilization including finance, law, manufacturing, medical services, art, and even in newer and far less significant professions such as advertising agencies. Joanne of Arc, QE I and Madame Curie, notwithstanding.<BR/>Nor the great, forgetten industrialist Vivian Kellems.<BR/>So to ascribe some special odium to the ad biz is odd since it is probably so that the advertising business was the first white-collar-establishment enterprise that women thrived in.<BR/>Today, there are more women in universities than men; more women becoming doctors than men; almost as many women in law school as men.<BR/>Perhaps, a contrarian view would be that the advertising business has been passed by, that aspiring women are aiming higher than writing copy and strategizing strategies strtegically.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12096751252547538811noreply@blogger.com