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calimary

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7. I suspect a lot of it is jealousy. From what I've observed in my own life.

Reply to OliverQ (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 22, 2017, 08:51 PM

Dec 2017

And I don't mean just about myself, either. There are those who feel threatened and diminished by somebody who's done more or gone farther than they have. Some of it, I suspect, is resentment. Maybe a lot of it. She's so amazingly accomplished - WAY more than anybody you or I know in our own lives. And I'd guess her achievements give some women a complex. I suspect they resent that she's somehow "shown them up" and made them feel small and inadequate by comparison.

There's a downside to succeeding, especially if it's high-profile success. The higher you climb, the easier a target you become. Sometimes all it means is you'll have more people shooting at you.

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Something I can not understand [View all] IMnotU Dec 2017 OP

Because lots of white women are idiots too and hate Hillary with a burning OliverQ Dec 2017 #1

That, racism, and somehow, inexplicably, self-hate too. brush Dec 2017 #3

I suspect a lot of it is jealousy. From what I've observed in my own life. calimary Dec 2017 #7

Great insight. I hadn't thought of the resentment factor, especially of another white woman. brush Dec 2017 #9

Well maybe you're just a more generous person. calimary Dec 2017 #10

Thanks. More info that many men aren't privy to. brush Dec 2017 #15

All so true, calimary. Control-Z Dec 2017 #12

You nailed it. DURHAM D Dec 2017 #17

Because racism isn't gender specific. CincyDem Dec 2017 #2

Tradition? Old habits and preconceptions? Hav Dec 2017 #4

There are so many fierce and fabulous white sistas but white women as underthematrix Dec 2017 #5

I asked this question often on DU this year. BigmanPigman Dec 2017 #6

Do you remember the women who wanted to repeal the 19th amendment? ProudLib72 Dec 2017 #14

If Phyllis Schlafly hadn't died a year ago BigmanPigman Dec 2017 #19

The Research Demonstrates the More Successful a Woman Becomes, The More She is Disliked dlk Dec 2017 #8

I certainly hope that women are not always expected to vote virgogal Dec 2017 #11

Because most white women tend to be republican JI7 Dec 2017 #13

... demmiblue Dec 2017 #16

White women are secretly jealous of her. Tatiana Dec 2017 #18

Because James Comey and the FBI deliberately set out to destroy her reputation with their lies. StevieM Dec 2017 #20

I Believe Hillary's Biggest Fault Is... JimGinPA Dec 2017 #21