Two sorry tales from two of Madison’s most visible institutions last week beg a big question:
What does Madison have to do to be a women-friendly place?
Madison, in the heart of the polite Midwest, is supposed to be ahead of the curve on issues of fairness and decency with respect to gender.
Instead, we were reminded last week by serious and broad allegations of sexual harassment against a former UW-Madison vice chancellor and a hastily-retired Overture Center president that Madison has quite a ways to go.