Maureen Dowd's New York Times Sunday Opinion column, Corsets, Cleavage, Fishnets,  said it all about the upcoming television season by quoting a male TV producer:

" 'It’s the Hendricks syndrome," said one top male TV producer here. "All the big, corporate men saw Christina Hendricks play the bombshell secretary on Mad Men and fell in love. It’s a hot fudge sundae for men: a time when women were not allowed to get uppity or make demands. If the woman got pregnant, she had to drive to a back-alley abortionist in New Jersey. If you got tired of women, they had to go away. Women today don’t go away."

"A top female entertainment executive says 'it’s not a coincidence that these retro shows are appearing at the same time men are confused about who to be. A lot of women are making more money and getting more college degrees. The traditional roles of dominant and submissive roles are reversed in many cases. Everything was clearer in the ’60s.' "

But all is not lost, culturally, that is. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra has announced its coming season and there are women celebrated by a group of composers and an symphony orchestra's director.

Music Director Marin Alsop and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra  announce the Orchestra’s 2011‐2012 season, the fifth full season under the direction of Maestra Alsop.

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