I thought the Women’s Media Center video was very interesting but also shed light on the nature of gender and politics. I think the attack they press made on Hillary about the cleavage was ridiculous and undeserving. I think that most upsetting aspect of sexism in this campaign is there attack on Hillary’s look. The comments about her looking tired, an unattractive and reminding men of their Nagging wives are certainly out of line because the press won’t say anything about John McCain who is in his 70’s and clearly has seen better days in the look department. I still have trouble believing that with everything that has happened; after years of women fighting for the simple right to vote, fighting for entry into colleges and the workplace that we live in a society still skeptical of a woman president. I really hope it is my generation that finally wakes up and looks around and sees that society is composed of men and women, black and whites and every color in between and realizes that the government such look the same.
The fair article made some really good points about the double standard women face. While men can get old and become more distinguished, nobody wants to see a woman age. While if a man tears up at something it shows he is mature enough to be in touch with his emotions, a woman is just plain emotional. It kills me that the media are making these claims, and what is even worse is the fact that many of these comments are being made by women. Seriously?
On the question of ageism I think a voter should pay more attention to the age of a candidate since age could potentially deteriorate their physical and or mental health, which could potentially affect the ability of a candidate to lead unlike gender or race which have no physical or mental health effects. However, I think that every person ages differently and therefore the age of the candidate should not be the determining factor on whether or not the candidate has the ability to lead. I’m sure the Obama camp has alluded to McCain being a nutty old man. Hey they are not going to turn away the young age bias vote anymore than McCain is going to turn away the racist vote. Politics is dirty.
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