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Feminists weigh vote for Clinton By Ellen Wulfhorst
Mon Nov 5, 12:24 PM ET

WELLESLEY, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Many American women are excited about Democrat Hillary Clinton's ground-breaking bid for the White House, but feminists warn she can't count on them just because she's a woman.

They said tens of millions of women are more concerned about selecting a candidate who best addresses their top issues and are scrutinizing the former first lady in this light.

"Being a woman in and of itself is not sufficient to gain broad-based support," Faye Wattleton, head of the Center for the Advancement of Women, said. "We're not doing affirmative action in terms of the presidency."

While Hillary's gender is "an added attraction," it is not enough reason alone, added Letty Cottin Pogrebin, a co-founder of Ms. Magazine.



But others warn that sending a woman to the White House could backfire. "It's ultimately a trap," feminist Lisa Jervis wrote in LiP, a magazine of radical politics.

"Women who do nothing to enact feminist policies will be elected and backlash will flourish," she wrote. "I can hear the refrain now: 'They've finally gotten a woman in the White House, so why are feminists still whining about equal pay?"


http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071105/us_nm/usa_politics_feminists_dc

[LakeSamish706]

1. I actually hope that their Statement would go without saying.... One...

would hope that no one would vote for a candidate based on Gender alone.....