You did that above so I asked how it applies to me. Keep up.
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Darling, I did post-grad work in the Cambridge Computer Labs before they sold out to Gatesy. Don't make assumptions.
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Nah. I doubt it. You'd think women were fine scientists then as you'd've met some.
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You have the right to be wrong. There actually was one female in the tower when I was there in the 70s though. She was the tea lady.
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Ah, did they not allow you to talk to anybody? Nor send you to conferences? And then you got fired because of your bigotry... At least science is self-correcting on some issues. That's something.
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Nah, there were no women good enough. Apparently London took a lot of our rejects though. And I took up more lucrative employment rather than persist in academia. In those days you did not have to sell out to Microsoft or Google to make your fortune.
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I think the strands of the character you are playing are getting confused. Good attempt in places but it's not convincing enough — even a drunk lout would not get confused and forget marrying their wife for her dad's money.
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As George Best said when asked where all his money went: "I drank most of it and spent a lot on expensive women, and wasted the rest. I married late.
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The character needs to be more bitter about failing to make it in academia. Esp. bitter ex-Oxbridge people typically always harp on about it after flunking out. The aggressive sexism towards women in academia does work to underline how pathetic the character feels b/c of failing.
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