2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Where is Bernie Sanders on Gender Justice? [View all]Armstead
(47,803 posts)And it's a bunch of hornswaggle with a bunch of characterizations and whining about nothing to "raise concerns" about Sanders supposed insensitivity to women and their issues.
He's insensitive to women because he's proposing a major investment in infrastructure without having stated that the construction industry is sexist? C'mon. Since when have politicians proposals for infrastructure improvements had to be automatically accompanied with calls to address sexism in the construction industry? Does President Obama mention that everytime he talks about infrastructure? Do any of them? I am certain that if his proposal ever came to fruition, there would be all kinds of equal opportunity requirements built in.
And horrors! His website is not organized like she believes it should be. It lists equal pay and family leave under a heading of new family values? Equal pay is equal pay, regardless of a heading on a website. It is very common to refer to them that way.
I listed the things I did in that reply because it would be impossible for anyone who is not just looking to stir some imaginary pot to say that with a record like that Sanders is "struggling" to address women's issues or that somehow he doesn't "get it" or give a shit. It's disingenuous at best.