While at the doctor's office this morning, one of the office workers, a buzz-cut butch-ass lesbian, was passionately (and loudly) complaining about how during a recent debate between Hilary and Barak, two men in the audience were yelling "IRON MY SHIRT!" during Hilary's responses.
This enraged woman was screaming "In America, racism is far closer to being dead than misogyny." I didn't really get her point at first. But then she said, "If two white men had yelled 'SHINE MY SHOES!' during Barak's response time, the media would have jumped all over that and it would have become a huge public issue. America gets enraged by racial improprieties - but doesn't go anywhere near misogynistic ones. "
Kudos to her. That's was an excellent point. And I absolutely agree with her. It is a shame that it wasn't made an issue in defense of Hilary and all women. In a male dominated world (Earth in general - not to mention politics), it's a shame that behavior was tolerated.
Once she realized how loud she was, she looked around in a bit of embarrassment to realize the entire waiting room could hear her behind the closed glass wall. When we caught eyes with each other through the glass, I gave her a big thumbs up. She smiled. I smiled. And in that moment - I really, truly understood for the first time what misogyny is, how it can hurt, and felt bad if I've ever demonstrated any of that behavior during my life.
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That's an excellent scenario you experienced. I have been saying this for months now that Hillary gets bashed way more then Barack. There was an article today in the New York Times analyzing all the sexist remarks used on Hillary in the past few months, and if half of them were used on Barack there would be a lot of journalists out of a job. It is really amazing to see that while we all thought racism was going to be the big issue with the primaries, it turns out it's sexism and people are getting away with it. It gets me so angry.
What? No crying?
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