Quote:I have read it several times and still can't figure out the correlation you are attempting to draw between women not voting for Hillary Clinton and the convoluted stereotypes of women in that column.
I'm
not making any sort of argument here regarding why a woman, or a male for that matter, ought to vote
for Hillary. I truly don't know who would make a better President in the complex environment the US and world will face in the next five years. As regards winning a general election, which I consider most critically and immediately important, I think Barack is more likely to achieve that. Thus, if I were in Texas or Ohio now and could cast a vote tomorrow, it would be for Barack.
I posted the WP article to demonstrate how easily such stereotypes can be used (because they are very powerful bits of cultural and mental architecture) even where a male is the target...either he will be too feminine (Edwards) or the electorate will like the candidate because the electorate themselves are too effeminate. In both cases, "feminine" is what no one ought to be if they are anywhere near a position of power.
I have come to the unsettling conclusion that gender will be a tougher nut to crack, as regards equality in power-attainment, than race will be.
