Hillary should play her gender card to the hilt

[ruggerson]

Newsday
December 4 2007
By Robin Gerber

Sen. Hillary Clinton has a trust problem. Polls in Iowa and New Hampshire show that voters give her very low marks for being trustworthy and honest. The media and her opponents have built and reinforced the charge.

But they're blaming the victim. Clinton is running for president in a sexist culture that persists in seeing strong, capable women as suspect.

It's not that voters and her opponents think Clinton's experienced and competent, and they don't like or trust her. It's that they think she's experienced and competent and that's why they don't like or trust her.

A study earlier this year by Catalyst, a nonprofit business research organization, showed the stark dilemma that competent women face. In "The Double-bind Dilemma for Women in Leadership," women were criticized for being "too aggressive and self-promoting," but men with similar styles were praised for being direct.

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[Buzz Clik]

1. Playing her gender to the hilt? Oh, you sexy thing. Such imagery!

[lvx35]

6. Yeah, that headline is over the top!

Doing anything "to the hilt" is phallic to start out with, but when you mix in an ambigous sexual term like "gender card" and the word "play" well, it goes way over top.

[CK_John]

2. I agree, she should remind everyone that Iowa never elected a woman to Congress or Governor. n/t

[KittyWampus]

3. Guess what. I don't want her running because she's a woman. And I'm a woman.

Why?

Cause she obviously feels a need to out butch the 'boys' when it comes to Defense.

And her husband's tenure was also marred by him always forking over MORE money to the MIC then they actually requested.

And he STILL got called weak on defense.

[pnwmom]

4. When has a "peace Democrat," man or woman, ever been elected?

She has to counter the image that a Democrat, especially a female Democrat, will not have the backbone to keep this country safe.

[pnwmom]

5. I agree. It's going to be used against her. She needs to fight fire with fire.

And with 54% of the electorate comprised of women, she can win this battle.

[zulchzulu]

7. Yeah...um...yeah...that would be...um...real good advice!

:rofl: