The claim that Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did but backwards in heels is an old one. It's been traced to a Neanderthal village 30,000 years ago, found on the wall of a large cave in France, and it has remained popular since. This week alone, I have heard it 174 times, once in a Presidential address. Of course, strictly speaking, it's not true. Astaire created the dances. Rogers did not. Astaire did all sorts of acrobatic leaps and flips. Rogers did not.
I know that Hillary, not Donald, must be our next President. But let's retire the old Ginger story and find a new way to express the superiority of women.
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