2016 Postmortem

redstatebluegirl

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3. Me neither! I am tired of being a good girl and keep my peace.

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Thu Sep 8, 2016, 02:27 PM

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Why Are We So Hard on Hillary? [View all] niyad Sep 2016 OP

It is her sex, plain and simple. She is a woman, she can't be strong, she has PMS. redstatebluegirl Sep 2016 #1

and yet, when this blatant sexism and misogyny is pointed out, the instantaneous denial and niyad Sep 2016 #2

Me neither! I am tired of being a good girl and keep my peace. redstatebluegirl Sep 2016 #3

alas, I have been neither a good girl, nor quiet!! niyad Sep 2016 #20

Neither will I! calimary Sep 2016 #6

I don't have to add anything Skidmore Sep 2016 #15

in one of my favourite novels, set in victorian england, the woman protagonist has--gasp!!! "gone niyad Sep 2016 #22

What book is that? Thanks n/t madisongrace Sep 2016 #25

I will have to look it up--have read about 70 of this author's books, so will take a minute. niyad Sep 2016 #30

sorry it took so long. the book is "the river knows" by amanda quick, who also writes niyad Sep 2016 #45

you laid it out perfectly. would you please post this as its own OP, for greater visibility, and so niyad Sep 2016 #21

Here: calimary Sep 2016 #33

This should be an OP DemonGoddess Sep 2016 #41

It IS! calimary Sep 2016 #44

And the caution she shas evolved to deal with the sexism also counts against her. Orsino Sep 2016 #46

Years of right wing propaganda and a failed American media Buzz cook Sep 2016 #4

+1, Woman tax... not pointed out enough for me uponit7771 Sep 2016 #5

and just look at the vehement, almost screaming denial, when it IS pointed out, and women are blamed niyad Sep 2016 #23

While I don't disagree that it is much harder for a woman than it is for a man, Stonepounder Sep 2016 #7

There will come a day when 'Corporate Ideology' is studied as an archaic error of the past. byronius Sep 2016 #12

If we manage to hang on that long. Stonepounder Sep 2016 #14

6. The left hates moderate Democrats. nm mr_liberal Sep 2016 #13

excellent post NewJeffCT Sep 2016 #17

she is being held accountable for Bill's messes. rivegauche Sep 2016 #8

boy howdy. mopinko Sep 2016 #9

This has become clear as an #$% bell. byronius Sep 2016 #10

I think a lot of it is from Coolest Ranger Sep 2016 #11

dullards and half-wits are mad because she's a woman who doesn't bake cookies. LanternWaste Sep 2016 #16

I'm sure she does bake cookies DFW Sep 2016 #19

She's a woman stage left Sep 2016 #18

. . . . niyad Sep 2016 #24

the sexism merges with the democratic/republican double-standard. unblock Sep 2016 #26

an excellent response. I remember the criticism that gore was "too intellectual, too brainy", as niyad Sep 2016 #34

because trump is smart, ok. he's very smart. probably the smartest person ever. unblock Sep 2016 #38

yes, of course. how utterly remiss of me to forget his overwhelming intelligence. niyad Sep 2016 #39

Spot on - same dynamic for BHO Cosmocat Sep 2016 #40

Thank you for this thread! This is such an interesing, enlightening Pathwalker Sep 2016 #27

you are most welcome. it is my pleasure. niyad Sep 2016 #31

The republicans are so afraid of having a female president, because if we have demigoddess Sep 2016 #28

Sadly, never truer words. K&R AgadorSparticus Sep 2016 #29

. . . niyad Sep 2016 #32

. . . niyad Sep 2016 #35

Hillary's experience this election has given me an education... LAS14 Sep 2016 #36

the sheer ugliness and hatred toward her is like nothing I have seen in all my decades. and yet, niyad Sep 2016 #37

K&R! DemonGoddess Sep 2016 #42

how DARE we call attention to the deplorable sexism???? why, we might make people uncomfortable niyad Sep 2016 #43