This article reminded me of the saying, "A woman has to be twice as good as a man to be thought of as half as good." (no attribution because I don't know who said it.)

This is the undiagnosed issue that all the male commentators have been relieved to abandon for the race issue:

Obama can "pass" as black or white, and does so when he so chooses, and he is adept at it. No woman can switch hit by passing as a man or a woman, at will when the situation demands it, or whether she wants to or not--the majority of this nation's citizen's voters will not let her. That is the number one reason so many hate Hilary--not misogyny, but gender stereotyping. You can have one or the other but not both. She was the supportive wife and mom therefore we MUST deny her this opportunity.

This is an illustration of how and why gender roles are MORE primary to our culture than race, because we are forced into an appropriate gender role before we even leave the home or womb. Race is forced shortly after--at least you have to walk out of the house. No one is in your nursery telling you to act like a man or act like a girl. That is, apparently, why so many can't see it.

The people voting against her are voting against a liberal egalitarian view of gender equality and voting against an out of the box female who may as well be a lesbian as much as she needs her husband--for rural folks, women do compete with men for jobs. The males voting for her are metrosexual urbanites who no longer fear the job competition, they see her as an ally.

We may have hope on the race issue but only if we don't act our race. We may have hope on the gender issue but only if we don't act our gender. As a married female with a child, Hillary is politically considered trite. Obama is not trite because he represents the many multicultural citizens that have always lived in this country. Unfortunately, we still have not gotten past the view that citizens first and foremost must be men.