Is Sarah Palin a feminist?

[Joanne98]

The answer?



Miriam: We also want to make the point that just because you benefit from feminism doesn't make you a feminist. The fact that Sarah Palin is where she is today is because of all the work of feminists, that doesn't mean she's automatically a member of the club.

We've got two main reasons we want to emphasize about why Sarah Palin is definitely not a feminist. First, she obviously opposes the right to choose anything other than having your child or giving it up for adoption. And even if you decide to have the child, she doesn't want to support you, unless you happen to be in a position of privilege like her own daughter. She cut funding for a local shelter in Alaska for pregnant teens, during her tenure. She's not a supporter of the right to choose abortion, even if you have been raped or are a victim of incest. Definitely not a feminist stance.


Ann: No. Also, there's been a lot of talk about the fact that she's a working mom, which we think is awesome. More power to you if you can balance raising your children with a high-powered career. However, it's not exactly feminist that she's not supported other working mothers. She's on the ticket with John McCain, who supports businesses' right to discriminate on the basis of gender. Who opposed increased funding for the State Children's Health Insurance Program. And who also supported cuts to the Family and Medical Leave Act -- he was not a strong ally of this program, which is key for working mothers.


We really want to drive home the point that just because a candidate is a woman, like Sarah Palin, does not mean she's a woman's candidate. So... is Sarah Palin a feminist candidate?


Miriam: Fuck no.

http://punditnation.blogspot.com/2008/09/is-sarah-palin-feminist.html

video at link

[BlooInBloo]

1. I'm 12,000 times the feminist she is, and I have testicles.

[Captain Lance Bass]

2. No that would imply shes human nt

[Lithos]

3. No, the only "ist" which come to mind are...

Egoist, Fascist, and Racist.

[Retrograde]

6. and opportunist (n/t)

[no_hypocrisy]

4. No. She is an opportunist who used feminism to get where she is.

She is not in the league of Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the Pankhursts, Alice Paul, Lucy Stone, and our other feminist "heroes" who dedicated their lives to give women political power. To make us individuals, not the property of our fathers and husbands. To let us decide if we want to be mothers.

[treestar]

5. Exactly, but hasn't Rushbo et al turned Feminism into a negative

word?

Maybe it would be useful to use the term.

When Hillary was becoming only First Lady, they were calling her a feminist and insulting her all over the place because she was a career woman. Shows what hypocrites they are.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. no, she is not, there are a lot of antifeminist women who survive because of the work of feminists

she is one of those

[earthlover]

8. You're right...and her A of G religious sect thinks a woman's place is to serve her husband

There is no equality or liberation in the A of G.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

9. reminds me horribly of the handmaids tale. palin and ann coulter.

on the one hand they sell the rhetoric of a womans place is the kitchen and on the other hand they are ambitious career women