`` The Playboy Club '' and `` Pan Am '' look back before women 's liberation , says Laura Stepp . Today 's young women see the shows only as harmless period pieces , Stepp says . But in the workplace , women have still not achieved equality , she says . Comment:
`` The Playboy Club '' and `` Pan Am '' look back before women 's liberation , says Laura Stepp . Today 's young women see the shows only as harmless period pieces , Stepp says . But in the workplace , women have still not achieved equality , she says . Even so , women are `` coming out of the starting gate with more speed , '' says Stepp .