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In reply to the discussion: What do you think of the word "unladylike"? [View all]Beacool
(30,247 posts)Inhofe basically called Hillary unladylike recently.
I think that she has gotten by with that type of a forceful attitude, something thats not normally accustomed that you dont hear from women as much as you do men. And she came out so forcefully, and you could tell that it was orchestrated at the time that she said it, Inhofe said in an interview Thursday on The Rusty Humphries Show.
There are some men who feel threatened by accomplished women, particularly if they are powerful and don't fit their perceived notion of how a woman should behave. A way to attempt to bring them down a notch is to question their femininity. Thus the insults hurled at women about their looks, sexual mores and accusations of lesbianism.
In other words, insecure men want women who are intellectually lesser than they are. They can't handle an equal partnership. Smart women used to be told to pretend not to be so intelligent or they would scare men away.