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sexist Hillary-bashers
by melisma

As some astute Frayster has already pointed out (I believe in response to the XX Factor), it's not entirely fair to say that people's dislike of Hillary has nothing to do with gender, because the qualitities they tend to point to as evidence of her poor character or unlikable personality are often completely excused in men. Sure, Hillary is a calculating, triangulating politician who tends to say what the voters want to hear and gloss over unpleasant truths. Sure, she puts a lot of effort into crafting a particular public image that is probably not a perfect representation of who she "really" is. But are these really reasons not to vote for her, when they are qualities she shares with most successful politicians, including her husband?

For whatever reason, people see these qualities as less acceptable in women, and that's where the sexism comes in. If you really don't want that kind of a politician to be president, that's fine, laudable even, but don't vote for some man who shares Hillary's slipperiness, lack of candor, tendency to pander, etc., and pretend he's somehow less of a "bitch" just because he's a man.

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