I believe the point to this is that a woman is dependent of physical attributes to get attention by both men and women. That is a hurdle sometimes difficult to get past. So, while a woman can be successful, it is very different in achieving that success than for men.
The COST of being attractive is also a hurdle. When I speak publicly the cost of preparing for that is more than interesting. Forbid I should not appear to be as perfect as the world I try to defend. The message can be lost to the audience without attention to detail. A Conservationist or Environmentalist is AUTOMATICALLY an enemy to the public in asking to prohibit projects that endanger species or add greenhouse gases to the troposphere. The expertise is not enough, those able to speak to our troubled climate are enemies before they enemies before they are even known. All that has to be overcome before the public finally hears the message. That is especially true as a woman.
Men, for the most part, accept a larger scale differences in size and attractiveness in their social interactions. If one accepts that premise there is a sincere problem within the definition of 'success for women.' Add to that removal of compete, unquestioned, private and safe choices in contraception and abortion and the hurdles become huge and ungainly.
I thought Dustin Hoffman, in this interview, was wonderfully candid about his experience which is completely unique. No one else acted for success in a woman's persona. He was the only one having this experience in making the film. If he was not wonderfully in touch with his emotional mind we would have lost his insight.
