It's not BLACK vs WHITE anymore it has become MALE vs FEMALE and I'm SICK OF THE SEXISM!!!!!!!!!!!!

[demo dutch]

This country has got HUGE gender issues, any woman can tell you that!!!!
I guess we'll always be the last one on the totem pole we're the 19th amendment afterall. I'm just sick of the fact that women always have to live up to higher standards everytime compared to men!

[NightWatcher]

1. why does it have to be so? I really dont care about either candidate's gender

I wish we would stop using it as an excuse for liking or hating one another

[demo dutch]

3. I think you're an exception!

[NightWatcher]

11. according to some (being a white guy myself), I'm either racist or sexist

I have racist family members who have fought to ignore our own past and I have fought to NOT be _______ist anything.

[marmar]

2. I'm sick of the sexism too....but there's still plenty of racism to go around....

Don't be naive.

[demo dutch]

8. Oh plenty of racism, but deemed politically incorrect, Sexism is rampant

[The Anti-Bush]

28. Tell that to the repugs that are currently polling to see what they can get away with.

[demo dutch]

32. It will be a freefall either way!

[babylonsister]

4. No. It's about who does it for you, not their gender or race.

Who do you like or trust? That should be your answer.

[scheming daemons]

5. It's "new face" vs. "Oligarchy"... you just SEE sexism everywhere....

America doesn't want Bush/Clinton/Bush/Clinton. Her gender is only a small part of it.

[Jamastiene]

10. And why is her gender a part of it?

That's where the sexism is.

[scheming daemons]

29. Sure... with some people it is.... just as Obama's race is an issue with some people...

...

But the overriding reason why America is rejecting Hillary is people want a new face, and not another Bush or Clinton.

Especially young people.

[demo dutch]

19. Not so, this campain really exposes the gender issues rampant in this country!

[GarbagemanLB]

6. You're right! Hillary's supporters have always blamed sexism on those who disagreed with her views.

[FrenchieCat]

7. I'm a woman voting for Obama.

What is it that you are sick of exactly? I haven't been following that closely. :shrug:

[texas_indy]

13. And what about the men supporting Hillary, like those retired military officers yesterday?

Texas is Obama country! VIVA OBAMA!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fd-MVU4vtU

[RBInMaine]

9. OK, then tell Hillary to stop being so sexist with her gender card.

[Beausoir]

14. Yes, That's right. It's always HER fault, isn't it!

There was NO sexism before Hillary Clinton ran for President.

Right?

[demo dutch]

16. Oh there is a huge amount of sexism trust me!, this campaign just exposes it!

[oldtime dfl_er]

15. Oh give me a break

Hillary is not playing the gender card. That's just wrong, inflammatory, divisive, and intentionally provocative.

[Beausoir]

12. So are we. We're sick of sexism, too.

Sick to death of it.

[elixir]

20. Sexist: "claws come out", "bitch", "moody". What a shame.

[Occam Bandage]

17. And now, they play the absolute final card in their deck.

[demo dutch]

22. You must not be female otherwise you'd know I encounter it EVERYDAY!

[Occam Bandage]

27. If any of us encountered one one-thousandth of the scrutiny

and abuse a Presidential candidate does every day, we'd never get out of bed.

[MercutioATC]

18. Oh, don't get your panties in a bunch.

Sorry, it was screaming to be said...


:P


Personally, I agree that all "ism's" are a problem. Yes, sexism is a valid concern...but no more than racism and classism, IMO.

[demo dutch]

21. Yeah I get my panties in a bunch because I ENCOUNTER IT EVERYDAY!

[MercutioATC]

26. As my post was meant to imply, that statement was tongue-in-cheek...

I do realize that sexism is an issue. However, racism or classism or any of the myriad of isms are encountered by people every day, too.


I'm not minimizing your experiences, I'm just saying that others have different experiences and higher-priority issues. Sexism is not the universal "worst problem".

[demo dutch]

31. It is if you liveit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Breeze54]

40. Half the US population is female. and you think sexism isn't a problem?

:shrug:

[MercutioATC]

41. Did I say it wasn't a problem?

I simply pointed out that, while the OP may have sexism issues in her life, there are millions of other people who have other discrimination issues.

[Breeze54]

43. You equated it to other issue's and dismissed it.

"Yes, sexism is a valid concern...but no more than racism and classism, IMO."

Half the population is being discriminated against and marginalized and you don't think it's that bad of a problem?

:eyes:

[MercutioATC]

44. I dismissed nothing

I provided perspective....something that's sorely lacking here, and many places.

[peaches2003]

23. Sexism is the last excuse she's got

I don't know a soul not voting for Hillary because of her sex. No one has had to go down that far to find a reason.

[demo dutch]

24. Wrong wrong wrong, you won't know unless you're a woman, I encounter it everyday!

[Medusa]

35. I am female

and I have no idea what you're talking about. Perhaps I've been more fortunate than you but I can honestly never think of an incident in my work where I felt I was discriminated against because I was a woman. And maybe that's because I never gave my male coworkers the opportunity. OH sure, I had a few hit on me over the years but big deal. From the day I entered the working world, I put my big girl pants on, and demanded respect from my co-workers and I've gotten it. I also never used my sex as an excuse for not being able to do something. I'm sorry for you and your circumstances but to me, this defense/excuse put forth by the Hillary supporters is so much noise, full of sound and fury and signifying nothing to borrow a phrase.

[demo dutch]

38. You're fortunate sofar, but I can tell you many women experience otherwise & the fact is most

earn less than their male counterparts still. You can live in lala land, but sexism is alive and well in this this country. And I sure that sooner or later you WILL know what I am talking about it just a matter of time!

[whatchamacallit]

25. I'm sick of sexism slander

I don't know a single liberal who wouldn't welcome a female president. I think the sexism thing is being WAY overplayed.

[EFerrari]

30. This is news?

I'm sick of the screaming caps about an issue we've been dealing with for hundreds of years.

Destress. You'll live longer and be more effective.

[demo dutch]

34. Yes and it's time that it comes to an end!

[EFerrari]

37. It's been time time for a long while now. n/t

[zulchzulu]

33. WOMENS WHO SUPPORT OBAMA AREE SEXISTS11!

:sarcasm:

[sfam]

36. So sexism is worse now than...'when' exactly?

Your post seems to be indicating that sexism has somehow gotten worse. Tell me, what other time period can you name were the most successful CEO (Ebay) is a woman, where a woman was seen as the inevitable presidential choice, where one of the most successful author of all time is now a Woman (JK Rowling), the most successful celebrity (Oprah), etc. Is the pay gap better now or 10 years ago?

I'm not saying things are perfect right now, but when exactly has sexism been better than today? IF the answer is "never" (it is), then why the HUGE outrage? Are you saying you don't see progress here or are you just pissed your candidate is going down in flames, in part because of sexist attacks?

[Orsino]

39. The issue we choose to see as central usually corresponds...

...to the candidate we support.

Me? I'm sick of the all-or-nothing sexism versus racism charges. Pretending that only one of these is a factor is disingenuous.

[ContinentalOp]

42. The 19th amendment?

At least women got to vote then. As far as I know there were no poll taxes or literacy tests for women voters in the 60s.

What I don't understand is why is America supposedly more sexist than the rest of the world? Plenty of other countries have had women in charge, are we really more sexist than all of them? Or is it just that we haven't had the right candidate yet? Or maybe there's some flaw in our electoral system that keeps things this way? I honestly don't know.

Women aren't restricted from voting and they are over 50% of the population so politics should be one area that is relatively free of entrenched patriarchal biases shouldn't it?