Reply #29: Yes, his voting record is great! HE has not come out as a feminist, though. Feminism is [View All]

[Captain_Nemo]

a philosophy that not only sees equality between the sexes but it goes into solving problems like poverty, violence. This is a uniquely feminist perspective (putting poverty and violence - and even violence against the earth) together as something that needs to be solved through a remapping, if you will, of the system.
I think a female president shows the image, the picture to women , that they are powerful and can solve these problems that are so pressing.
Let's take global warming: a problem that threatens all of our lives. Yet, just today on NPR two congresspeople threw a major monkey wrench into some powerful climate change legislation-(Dingle (D) and a rep from Virginia (coal mining country).
Pelosi was stunned - they had slipped it in at the past minute.
If we had a true leader in the WH this might not have happened. Because we need a true leader to raise conciousness to say things like:"Without the earth we cannot live." This needs to be drilled into people.
There is no room for negotiation. There is no room for mistakes.
I think a self proclaimed feminist is the way to go.
Just my opinion.