Some people never have to make those choices  May 28, 2012
18:14:53 Posted at May 28, 2012 18:14:53 Duana Posted by Duana
Courtesy AMC  Mad Men Season 5 Episode 11 recap  I am slightly
shy to say "I told you so" (which is about to be a meta-
statment) but I have always maintained that Mad Men is about the
women.  The men, apart from Don, are similar with similar
problems and only vary in their reactions to the same situations
they come across.  It's the women who define the  60s on this
show - the choices they make, the paths they forge.  They are
far, far different from one another, and episodes like this
explain exactly why.  Nothing that happened last night could
have happened to any of the men; none of the repercussions would
be as loud.  Peggy is a fast learner. We knew it when she was a
secretary, when she was a fledgling copywriter, when she began
to learn how to emulate Don.  She doesn't have natural instincts
for workplace navigation - why should she?  Four years of work
in an agency don't override 25