I finally figured out what about Palin that disturbs me so much as a woman.

We all know she is disingenuious and not well informed and puts out political BS with which we all disagree vehemently. I have had a real visceral reaction to her and couldn't quite tap what it was that prompts such feelings. Sarah Palin is a caricature, a cartoon figure, a creation of fantasy culture wrapped in the "strong" woman image and the tough bullygirl packaging. In the image of Sarah Palin we finda a combination of beauty pageant drama and WWF violence-made-sexy plunked smack dab in the middle of our political discourse. I don't know many women who see her in the glowing terms they describe her. She is the fantasy creation of the ideal female made by a certain type of man--Rambette. As long as she can pull a trigger and a punch, wisecrack and tough talk like a man, while looking good in her clothes, she is imbued with some sort of mystical strength. Most women aren't like this. Most of the women I know as strong have bear much with dignity and are able to hold the lives of many in their circle together with dignity and intelligence. I'm probably gumming this all up, but it occurred to me that she stands at the nexxus of the worst of female and male cultures within this society. Not a role model I want for my daughters--or my sons either.