>The shame of this situation is that the problems of the industry's sexism will be ignored because of her (perhaps momentary) lack of professionalism. If it's

>The shame of this situation is that the problems of the industry's sexism will be ignored because of her (perhaps momentary) lack of professionalism. If it's ignored, it's because people look very hard for reasons to ignore it. It's not even necessarily conscious; by deciding that there's no problem, you don't have to to feel guilty about not doing anything about it. Our brains are really good at finding reasons to opt for inaction. :) (The idea/meme that somehow each and every woman has to be a saint to move gender relations forward is pretty pathetic, btw.)