This is a quite well written editorial piece, that ties together the current societal experiences of women... younger and older:
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi

""Yet "Sex" is more than a high-ticket shopping spree. In their love lives, Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte all know that the Cinderella myth never comes completely true and that their emotions will usually betray them. They aren't happy with that, but they've sure learned how to cope. Their real power is in the safety net they altruistically provide for each other throughout all the missteps and tragedies.

More realistically, or at least seemingly so, traditional feminists tend to be armed with age and experience and sturdier shoes. They've been aiming for a bigger prize of elective and executive power much of their lives. They are determined to finally smash that barrier to the nation's highest office, for all it represents. They are the ones who laid the difficult groundwork for many of the workplace and lifestyle benefits that enable the younger, nontraditional types to go for the glass slipper instead.""

I haven't seen the "glass slipper" movie yet. But I have seen the "glass ceiling" Democratic Primary. And, damn... I really thought women were doing better than this in 2008.

Alas....

"" (Our) rage is particularly acute when discussing both mainstream and "progressive" media. Traditional feminists expected sexist attacks from the right, but not alleged lefty Chris Matthews saying that Hillary would never have been elected to the Senate had her husband not cheated.

The wound is opened anew when one of the most well-known exemplars of mainstream television suddenly dies and is revered as a "colossus" of journalism. This is the same man, the late Tim Russert, who chuckled benevolently when one of his guests, Christopher Hitchens on "Meet the Press," repeatedly called Hillary Clinton a "bitch." This is the same news icon who was satirized on "Saturday Night Live" as pitching softballs to Barack Obama and double whammy corkscrew change-ups to Hillary when he moderated a nationally televised debate. Women won't forgive him, even as he's laid to rest.""

Back to the drawing board, I guess. Cuz the patriarchy is not really interested in the liberation of women. Not even, and maybe particularly not, the "progressive" patriarchy. <sigh>

Of course.... there's really no such thing as "progressive patriarchy." Is there? Maybe that is what makes this particular wake-up call all the more painful...... and unforgetable. The loss of allies is never easy.

Amma

PS. This totally fascinates me: www.hireheels.com/ Because I really didn't think there were THAT many twenty or thirty somethings pulling for Hillary. But, there you have it: the crossection of "Sex in The City" with the Dem Primary.