Livre d'Or

he's just not old enough to remember a world where it was reasonable to assume that women are naturally incompetent and all the serious work is done by men.

Watson is American. Speaking as an American, I not only know guys in their 80's who don't comprehend that women are people, but I know of supposedly educated men half that age who don't get it. So while I'm not excusing his attitude or presentation of it, I guess I want to suggest that you may be overly optimistic about the state of the relations between the sexes. It's worth considering that he was expressing opinions that others younger than him still hold but don't feel they can "get away with." Not that I'm all that familiar with what's going on amongst researchers these days, but out in the wider society women are still untrustworthy hysterical gossipy complainers in the eyes of many (male and female alike.)

I'm glad you went, I had hoped you would. And thanks so much for telling about it.