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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: No You Cant : Why Im Still Crying Over Hillary Clintons Loss. [View all]BainsBane
(54,806 posts)123. I don't think sexism and misogyny
is all about men vs. women. Frankly, some of the worst misogynists I've encountered are women. But even aside from that, the author isn't casting it in the way you fear. She's talking about second-class citizenship, being seen as not good enough. so many women relate to this because we have experienced it often in our lives.
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Yes, I feel the same. More than 50 years fighting this sh*t and it's still has power over us.
SharonAnn
Dec 2016
#4
What still gets me is that I have NEVER seen a woman in politics spoken to the way he did to her
adigal
Dec 2016
#6
It wasn't the powerful man that they liked. It was the man who talked trash to the
Squinch
Dec 2016
#20
That anyone would buy into the crazy Pizza story and Clinton death count crap....
bettyellen
Dec 2016
#151
Ironically, if white women had all simply not voted, Hillary would be president
progree
Dec 2016
#58
That white male statistic really needs to be viewed in comparison to its usual Dem vs Repug number.
JudyM
Dec 2016
#80
And the white female statistic -- a 9 point, 52-43 margin of Trump over Clinton -- needs to be
progree
Dec 2016
#92
So you've bought into the trendy and popular, yet unsupported spins by the McCarthyites as well?
LanternWaste
Dec 2016
#130
Excellent point. People are forgetting how popular she was before she ran for president
StevieM
Dec 2016
#11
That was what I was referring to. HRC finished up as Secretary of State with sky high job approval
StevieM
Dec 2016
#18
Yes, I remember that. Media cooperated at that time--I remember plenty
BlancheSplanchnik
Dec 2016
#110
I still cry . . . a little every day. I just can't believe that people I know voted for that orange
Liberal In Red State
Dec 2016
#43
I have not cried much since the first week, because I have no one to cry with. I'll try the 101...
Hekate
Dec 2016
#46
I have similar stories. Almost all the women I have known have told me of abuse and
demigoddess
Dec 2016
#53
And yet, the fascist-elect won with the votes of a lot of Republican women???
RiverStone
Dec 2016
#60
I know there are women in my family who voted for him who are manipulated by FOX News.
SleeplessinSoCal
Dec 2016
#69
That's a pretty heavy decision to make when you're feeling the raw emotions of a tough election.
JudyM
Dec 2016
#83
As much as you believe the feelings of thousands, millions of women are wrong
BainsBane
Dec 2016
#102
So Teachout and Feingold as well as polls indicating terrorism and immigration don't matter?
bettyellen
Dec 2016
#129
Agreed, but the pioneers pay the price so that their successors will kick the barriers down.
CBHagman
Dec 2016
#133
I think you are discounting the effect of the media handling of Clinton's campaign
fallrey
Dec 2016
#154