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Re: Thanks, Kuruman.
by StevieN

FB says: "When Hillary is being mocked via sexist stereotypes - when the content of ridicule could be applied to any woman in her position, that's not misogyny?"

I looked over kuruman's breakdown of your list again. I see only ONE instance that's pretty clearly sexist: the Glenn Close comparison; a non-gender related comparison could just as easily have been made, and so it would be fair to say there is a sexist component in the comparison. However, there I think a charge of SEXISM, rather than MISOGYNY would be more appropriate (i.e., that women are prone to a particular sort of craziness known only to women is sexist and not misogynistic).

Unlike you, I don't really recall comments that belittle Hillary as a woman (not counting hecklers--some of whom are claimed to have been in fact her minions). One example comes to mind: the "cleavage" uproar. Well, I think a similar "uproar" would have occurred if, god forbid, a male candidate had chosen to wear a BOW TIE!

Your original post specifically used the word "MISOGYNY." If you had used the word "SEXIST" I probably wouldn't have bothered to reply. Misogyny is ALWAYS bad; sexism is bad only when people DECLARE it to be bad (or when is serves as the cause for bad actions). I'm always willing to hold open a door for a woman, most especially an elderly woman--and I'm MUCH less likely to do that for a man; that's a sexist action on my part--but is it EVIL?? Even you would never claim it's misogynistic.

I think some small amount of sexism has been focused on Hillary's candidacy (which isn't at all surprising since she is historically the first of her SEX to be a viable prez candidate).

I know your inflamed sensibilities incite you to regard some sexism as representing a hidden and underlying CAVERN of sexism...and to regard any sexism as REALLY being misogyny...

....but that's your own neurosis, and not fairly representative of social reality.

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