http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-s-ladies-night-denounced-...

Was this event sexist?

Should it have been promoted differently?

What would you have changed, if anything?

I am curious what people's thoughts are regarding barriers to participation and engagement in this site, especially as they compare to say other online communities or church communities.

I propose that

I am a fan of older literature, much of it from the Victorian period through to the "pulp" era of the 1920s and 1930s. One issue that reading a lot of this material presents is that the attitudes and mores are often at loggerheads with those of today. Ideas that would instantly raise concerns about racism or sexism if a writer used them today abound even in the more progressive writers of the time.

3 different threads that I've noticed:

Women and men: differennt types of emotion?

Following statements by a toronto police officer that “women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized,” we'll be meeting 1:30pm April 3 at Queen's Park for a protest walk. "Any gender-identification, any age" are welcome.

www.slutwalktoronto.com/

A younger poster said that she did not  know who were the Bunkers.In my opinion, this show changed television for ever. It is the first time that racism, sexism and all the other biases were revealed in a prime time show.

It is said that if an episode of All In the Family were put in a time capsule, it would capitulate the way that we were thinking and acting in the 60's and 70's. We see ourselves in the characters and I think change in our ideologies started with this show.

What do you think?