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2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumReuters: Gender trumps all? Vote-shaming, slut-shaming not so far apart
http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2016/02/10/gender-trumps-all-vote-shaming-slut-shaming-not-so-far-apart/f you want to lose young women, just scold them. That will offend them every time. And its precisely what two stalwart, old-school feminist icons did over the past weekend when each chastised younger female voters for not lining up behind former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the Democratic nomination for president.
A lot of you younger women think its done, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said of the fight for equality. Its not done. Theres a special place in hell for women who dont help each other!
On HBOs Real Time with Bill Maher, Gloria Steinem seconded the motion, adding some girly retro quip about young women jumping on Senator Bernie Sanders bandwagon because thats where the boys are.
I cringed when I heard them. Its so not cool as well as being downright counter-productive for older women to try to shame younger women. Nothing is worse than that shaming business, the attempt to make you feel embarrassed, less than creepy in your skin. That is often the lot of women, of whatever age. We live in a culture that shames us all the time. Were too sexy, not sexy enough. Were sell-outs. Were impure. The truth is: Vote-shaming and slut-shaming are, alas, part of the same continuum.
The young women I talked with were all offended by this. Even those who say they might end up voting for Clinton. You cannot tell a young woman to vote for her gender simply for that reason, my 28-year-old niece Martine Moore told me, because that objectifies her again. Youre telling her, Dont use your brain, dont listen to the issues and that gender trumps all. Thats condescending and we hate it.
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Reuters: Gender trumps all? Vote-shaming, slut-shaming not so far apart (Original Post)
mhatrw
Feb 2016
OP
I'm surprised more people are not aware of Steinem's years of hateful attacks on transgender people
Bluenorthwest
Feb 2016
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JackInGreen
(2,975 posts)1. That link doesn't lead to that story
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mhatrw
(10,786 posts)2. Thanks! Now fixed. nt
JackInGreen
(2,975 posts)3. No worries
My pleasure :3
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)4. I'm surprised more people are not aware of Steinem's years of hateful attacks on transgender people
She recanted in 2013 same year the candidate she is endorsing stopped opposing LGBT rights. Funny, in a twisted and sick sort of way.
I have called upon the Clinton campaign to address these facts.