{"id":4771,"date":"2008-05-19T10:42:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-19T05:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indiauncut.com\/?p=2738"},"modified":"2008-05-19T10:42:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-19T05:12:00","slug":"hillary-clinton-is-not-just-a-woman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiauncut.com\/hillary-clinton-is-not-just-a-woman\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillary Clinton Is Not Just A Woman\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
… she’s also Hillary Clinton. That is why it is dangerous to make generalisations about women in American politics based on her experiences, as many people do according to a New York Times<\/i> piece<\/a> on women in American politics:<\/p>\n Many [women] feel dispirited by what they see as bias against Mrs. Clinton in the media — the “Fatal Attraction” comparisons and locker-room chortling on television panels.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Most people who oppose Clinton do so because of the kind of person and candidate she is, and to imply that her gender is a factor in that is unfair. Most of the derision she receives stems from personal flaws. For example, many people regard her as a “congenital liar”, as William Safire once called her, because she lies so often (such as here<\/a>). Her possessing ovaries has nothing to do with this.<\/p>\n The NY Times<\/i> piece also points out:<\/p>\n In December, a Gallup poll found that 86 percent of Americans said they would vote for a well-qualified candidate who was a woman (of course, that percentage has been in the 80s for much of the last three decades). Ninety-three percent said the same of a well-qualified candidate who was black; 93 percent of a Catholic candidate; and 91 percent of a Jewish one.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n These figures, along with the massive support Barack Obama and Clinton have received during their primary campaigns, reveal that race and gender aren’t a disqualifying factor any more when it comes to the presidency. (They might matter somewhat, but certainly not to the extent that they will derail a candidacy before it begins.) That is terrific, but do you think there’ll ever be a time when a gay atheist has a shot at the presidency? Wouldn’t that<\/i> be the day?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" … she’s also Hillary Clinton. That is why it is dangerous to make generalisations about women in American politics based on her experiences, as many people do according to a New York Times<\/i> piece<\/a> on women in American politics:<\/p>\n Many [women] feel dispirited by what they see as bias against Mrs. Clinton in the media — the “Fatal Attraction” comparisons and locker-room chortling on television panels.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Most people who oppose Clinton do so because of the kind of person and candidate she is, and to imply that her gender is a factor in that is unfair. Most of the derision she receives stems from personal flaws. For example, many people regard her as a “congenital liar”, as William Safire once called her, because she lies so often (such as here<\/a>). Her possessing ovaries has nothing to do with this.<\/p>\n The NY Times<\/i> piece also points out:<\/p>\n In December, a Gallup poll found that 86 percent of Americans said they would vote for a well-qualified candidate who was a woman (of course, that percentage has been in the 80s for much of the last three decades). Ninety-three percent said the same of a well-qualified candidate who was black; 93 percent of a Catholic candidate; and 91 percent of a Jewish one.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n These figures, along with the massive support Barack Obama and Clinton have received during their primary campaigns, reveal that race and gender aren’t a disqualifying factor any more when it comes to the presidency. (They might matter somewhat, but certainly not to the extent that they will derail a candidacy before it begins.) That is terrific, but do you think there’ll ever be a time when a gay atheist has a shot at the presidency? Wouldn’t that<\/i> be the day?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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