And, in all fairness, Rand was writing at a time when it was common/acceptable for...
If you watch the Rand/Wallace video posted at the beginning of this thread, the contrast of the era is quite evident. In my opinion Wallace is a product of the popular culture of the time w/cigarette constantly in hand and stereotype questions. Rand, on the other hand seems to be ,well, timeless. I mean that this interview if it was held today would be conducted differently by the interviewer but Rands answers would not have changed.
(Thanks for the posted video links ISee)
After reading your post, I decided to watch the Wallace interview. I enjoyed it and share your opinion of it. Yes, timeless. And frighteningly prophetic. She says we’re headed to disaster, and she is right.
But, her “philosophy” on (specifically) relations between men and women, as it is put forth in AS, is not timeless, imho. What I find interesting is that Wallace doesn’t question her about it. Maybe he doesn’t bother because her viewpoint (on that one topic) is typical for that time period. More in later chapters...