Gloria Steinem, matriarch of American feminism, wrote what I thought was a pretty damn good essay in the New York Times about Senator Hillary Clinton and all the hoopla surrounding her run for president.
The drama followed Steinem's essay. A lot of it is posted on Slate.com.
And I posted a reply to one blogger on her blog. And then thought, what the hell, and am reposting it here.
So go read Steinhem's essay first before you read the below.
(Bill and Hill, the Paper Chase Years)
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I think it’s almost impossible to not take feminism and civil rights personally.
But I don’t think Gloria was saying ALL women voters do this. I think she meant some or most depending on her argument point or statistic.
She wasn’t suggesting we (you, me, all vagina owners) are betraying our sex for not voting for her. She was implying that we are perceived that way. And we are.
I’ve heard Bill Maher (insightful, funny but a mysogynist) come at female guests on his show from exactly the same angle: Why aren’t YOU voting for her, you vagina owner?!!!
Barack Obama himself pointed out on a 60 Minutes interview months ago that it was condescending to assume that ALL black people would vote for him.
How condescending to assume that ALL women should vote for Hillary. And I think that is what Gloria was pointing out.
And if anybody cares, I'm not particularly fond of Senators Clinton or Obama. They're both products of the corporate-owned Washington political machine and they both supported a foul, fake, hideous war that has cost 500,000+ Iraqis and nearly 5,000 US soldiers their lives.
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