Conductor Leonard Slatkin took his lumps from female musicians after making sexist comments about the proper concert attire for women. – The Guardian
Slatkin’s remarks “prove is that in the orchestra pit, as in every other walk of life, it is always open season on women. Men, by contrast, tend to be mutually protective of one another. We will know we have achieved true equality when they congregate anxiously at social events, sucking in their stomachs and asking: ‘Does my belly look big in this?’ – The Guardian