2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Just for the sake of discussion what if Bernie was nominated? [View all]Jamie Mayfield
(11 posts)Watching what happened during this election taught me one thing. Women need not apply. I watched my hero who fought for me all of my life, get torn down and go through this shit election. I heard fellow democrats sling the same fake news headlines and propaganda against Hillary as republicans. Hillary is an amazing person but her biggest flaw is being female. All the shit probably wouldn't have happened to Bernie. That hurts the most. We just can't put women up for these positions because they cannot win because we are not equal. I don't think women will ever be equal in America. I think my degree is shit and worthless, I think my talent are unappreciated, I think that I have no future in America and that is why my husband and I have agreed to move once I am finished with my masters. Bernie will never be the person that Hillary is, but because he is male, he could have bounced back from many of these attacks. Because he didn't have that nagging shrill voice. Because regardless of the fact that he has been in office for most of his life and accomplished next to nothing in comparison to Clinton, he is some how anti-establishment. Reflecting back on it, it makes me sick. A horrible, racist, rapist with no experience beat the most qualified and intelligent candidates in our history. So yeah, may be Bernie could have won because it is just a good old boys club where women are shit. I reflected on that a lot in the past few months and it makes me feel sub-human. It made me decided to never have children because the risk of having a female is too high and I would never wish that onto anyone let alone cause it. I hate that I am a woman. I would do anything to not be who I am because I would be worth something. My degree, my work and my time would be worth something. The first time I disagreed with Hillary was during her concession speech when she said "To all the little girls watching this, never doubt that you are powerful and valuable and deserving of every chance and opportunity in the world." It is a nice fantasy, but it is a lie.