Well the thing is: young stupid people have the advantage of being young. Middle-aged stupid people have the disadvantage of being middle-aged. And so, if you’re going to hire a young stupid person or a middle-aged stupid person, you’ll go for the young stupid person.
And by stupid, I mean you know. I’m being sarcastic obviously. But I mean, without experience and just getting started in the world. You’re much more likely to favour someone young because there’s an instant explanation for their relative cluelessness.
And it’s a problem, you know. So, I don’t know what the answer is, but one answer certainly is, at least in part, is to start letting young women know what being thirty and being female is like, because, and also to disabuse them of the notion that there’s something magical about a career.
First of all, most people don’t have careers, man. They have jobs. And the reason you get paid for a job is because you’re being asked to do things that you wouldn’t do unless you were being paid.
And so, it’s not some utopia of cigar smoking with your boots up on your desk. That’s for sure. Not that that would be such a utopia to begin with.
