My wife is a little dismissive of women of her own generation. Not all of them but there is a tendency in women born in the 40's and 50's to be self effacing to a fault. In my family my aunts would pitch their voices higher than natural for them and talked in a sing-songy, childish way. When my wife went with her ex-husband for a year in Sweden as part of an art grant there was a couple there on the same grant also from the US. When they got together, the guys would talk about art and Lia would chime right in. The other woman was livid and told Lia she had no business discussing art (as she thought she was unqualified too). So many women back then saw aligning themselves with a successful mate the most important of life choices.
Thankfully things have changed tremendously.
Thankfully things have changed tremendously.
