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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Why Are We So Hard on Hillary? [View all]niyad
(118,246 posts)37. the sheer ugliness and hatred toward her is like nothing I have seen in all my decades. and yet,
when this sexism is pointed out, the instantaneous howls of denial are almost comical.
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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
in one of my favourite novels, set in victorian england, the woman protagonist has--gasp!!! "gone
niyad
Sep 2016
#22
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
And the caution she shas evolved to deal with the sexism also counts against her.
Orsino
Sep 2016
#46
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
dullards and half-wits are mad because she's a woman who doesn't bake cookies.
LanternWaste
Sep 2016
#16
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
The republicans are so afraid of having a female president, because if we have
demigoddess
Sep 2016
#28