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 Posted: Sat Nov 10, 2007 2:00 am Post subject: Big Girls Don't Cry |
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 Big Girls Don't Cry
By Liz Mair Last week, Hillary Clinton's campaign blamed her poor debate performance on sexism. It was a maneuver that seemed suspiciously aimed at detracting from Hillary's lackluster showing whilst simultaneously shoring up her female support. But, ironically, it has had the opposite effect.
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By Liz Mair Last week, Hillary Clinton's campaign blamed her poor debate performance on sexism. It was a maneuver that seemed suspiciously aimed at detracting from Hillary's lackluster showing whilst simultaneously shoring up her female support. But, ironically, it has had the opposite effect.Rather than fostering a sense of solidarity between women and the first credible female presidential candidate, Hillary's cries of discrimination have left many women cold, and with good reason. We've come a long way, baby -- and Team Hillary seems not to have noticed.Nor has the political pundit corps, or the bevy of outmoded feminist leaders dredged up this week to discuss the merits of the sexism claim. Virtually all see in the criticism and questioning that Hillary garnered during the debate evidence of misogyny, rather than typical candidate behavior and journalistic professionalism. The initial reaction was that the men were indeed "piling on" (and unfairly), Hillary is the poor embattled woman trying to make it in the "all-boys club" of presidential politics, and that Clinton supporter Geraldine Ferraro was right -- sexism still is "okay" in America.This is despite the fact that Hillary obviously attracted fire in the debate because she commands a position of power and dominance within the Democratic field, and not because she wears different undergarments from the boys, and deigned to set foot on their turf. She's the boss, not the victimized underling -- just like many women in our respective fields today. Yet while women in boardrooms, classrooms, court rooms, and operating rooms are prepared to take criticism on the nose, just like any man would, Team Hillary and her defenders in the media seem to want the old, chivalric rule from an inequality-riven age to apply. You can't hit a girl -- even though politics is a contact sport.
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