Condoleezza and sexism

[Amy Z]

Jen wrote:

> I suppose that she is young... And I suppose you could make a case 
> for the argument that people would only notice that she is young 
> because she is a woman.  However, I seem to remember a lot of 
similar 
> discussion about how young George Stephanopolous was when he started 
> working for Clinton.  

Yeah, that's right.  And he *was* really young, and looked younger 
still.  I just looked her up and she will be 47 come November 14 (we 
could write to her suggesting that a good birthday present would be to 
go to HP&theSS).  I also got a clue to how she got her career launched 
so early:  she got her B.A. at age 19.  For those who don't know, 
going through college at a younger age than normal is *very* unusual 
in the U.S. (except for homeschoolers, <g>).

I do hope they call her Ms. Rice, in any case.  Calling her by her 
first name *would* be rude and probably sexist.

Amy